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‘Our Backs Are Against the Wall’: The Story of a Bangladeshi Woman Garment Worker in the COVID-19 ‘New Normal’

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  • Aysha Siddika

    (Roskilde University, Denmark)

  • Peter Lund-Thomsen

    (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)

  • Anita Hammer

    (King’s College London, UK)

  • Marie Vahl

    (Independent researcher, Denmark)

  • Rayat

Abstract

This article introduces Rayat, a woman garment worker in Bangladesh. It traces how the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated precariousness in the garment value chain and deepened the fragility of Rayat and other garment workers on the frontline. In the article, Rayat explains how her work, household and livelihood changed in response to COVID-19. Her story highlights the importance of contextual influences, distinct industry dynamics and temporal factors, within both workplace and domestic spheres. In complex ways, these dynamics shaped how workers were positioned in the value chain, exploited in the labour process and constrained in their agency.

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  • Aysha Siddika & Peter Lund-Thomsen & Anita Hammer & Marie Vahl & Rayat, 2024. "‘Our Backs Are Against the Wall’: The Story of a Bangladeshi Woman Garment Worker in the COVID-19 ‘New Normal’," Work, Employment & Society, British Sociological Association, vol. 38(6), pages 1725-1735, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:woemps:v:38:y:2024:i:6:p:1725-1735
    DOI: 10.1177/09500170241242055
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