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When too little becomes almost nothing: Survey on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Indian footwear and leather workers

The shoe industry is under stress in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Production stopped at the beginning of 2020 worldwide due to supply bottlenecks and operating bans. Curfews and a restrained consumer mood are still holding back demand to this day. As this study shows, workers in producing countries such as India suffer massively from this situation.

This short study sheds light on the current situation of workers in the shoe and leather industry. The surveys are based on the surveys of the Indian organisations CIVIDEP and Society for Labour and Development (SLD), which were carried out in the summer of 2020 in the regions around Vellore in the state of Tamil Nadu and around Kanpur in the state of Uttar Pradesh. 1115 workers provided detailed information about their work situation and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their livelihoods.

Scope: 24 pages
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