{"id":16998,"date":"2025-12-11T02:48:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/?p=16998"},"modified":"2025-12-11T02:48:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T23:48:25","slug":"a-human-rights-report-examines-the-reality-of-egyptian-labor-within-global-supply-chains","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/en\/2025\/12\/11\/a-human-rights-report-examines-the-reality-of-egyptian-labor-within-global-supply-chains\/","title":{"rendered":"A human rights report examines the reality of Egyptian labor within global supply chains."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">In line with its focus on labor studies, the Trade Union Advisor Initiative recently published a report on the reality of Egyptian labor within global supply chains \u2013 prepared by labor researcher Hassan Barbari \u2013 with a focus on the spinning, weaving, and ready-made garment sector, which is one of the most labor-intensive sectors and the most closely linked to the international marke<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">Through production and export networks linking Egyptian factories to dozens of global companies and brands, the report reveals how these factories have transformed into low-cost production bases serving global demand without providing the workers who operate them with even the most basic protection or fair wages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\">The findings show that nearly 70% of workers in the sector are employed on temporary or seasonal contracts, and that more than half are not covered by social security. Furthermore, approximately 90% of factories lack genuine union committees and effective collective bargaining mechanisms, such as worker representatives. This leaves workers without a voice or protection against management decisions or international buyers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In line with its focus on labor studies, the Trade Union Advisor Initiative recently published a report on the reality of Egyptian labor within global supply chains \u2013 prepared by labor researcher Hassan Barbari \u2013 with a focus on the spinning, weaving, and ready-made garment sector, which is one of the most labor-intensive sectors and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16822,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[234],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16998","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-independent-initiatives"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16998","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16998"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16998\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16999,"href":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16998\/revisions\/16999"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16998"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16998"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/afcshr.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16998"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}