instead of by boat, so the carbon footprint is even worse — and people overseas are being paid even less. We have to end the cycle now.” One year after the founding of PayUp, garment workers who are struggling for survival have yet to see any nancial relief from brands. There is also the issue of safety; in Sri Lanka, over 7,000 cases of coronavirus, more than half the nation’s total, were traced back to a factory (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-healthcoronavirus-sri-lanka-workers/garment-workerson-front-line-of-sri-lanka-coronavirus-outbreakidUSKBN27K08Z) that manufactures clothing for Victoria’s Secret. In many apparel-making countries, garment workers who demand safety measures have been met with brutal repression (https://www.theguardian.com/globaldevelopment/2020/aug/07/covid-led-to-brutalcrackdown-on-garment-workers-rights-saysreport), facing threats, physical attacks, dismissal and imprisonment for speaking up or attempting to organize. One of the most recent examples of this repression took place in March, when nearly 1,000 garment workers who produce clothing for Primark were allegedly locked (https://www.theguardian.com/global-