50-62% of Bengaluru garment workers forced to resign amid pandemic

About 50-62 per cent of the workforce in the garment sector in Bengaluru was forced to resign by factory managements, according to a recent report on the status of garment factory workers in the city. The March 2021 report, titled ‘Forced Resignations, Stealthy Closures’, was brought out by the Garment and Textile Workers’ Union (GATWU) and the Alternative Law Forum (ALF).