Precarious Work in the Gap Global Value Chain

This report contributes new research collected through interviews with 150 workers in Cambodia, India and Indonesia engaged in Gap supply chains.

It provides recommendations for the ILO at the 2016 ILC, and extensive analysis of Gap’s commitements in regard to its supply chains in Cambodia, India and Indonesia, within the broader context of the global production network. Section one provides a brief overview of global production networks in general and the garment global production network in particular. Section two reviews Gap’s public commitments to promoting decent work in their supply chains. Section three provides a brief overview of the market share of Asian garment value chains and more focused country profiles on the Cambodian, Indian and Indonesian garment industries. Section four discusses, in detail, the intensive labour exploitation and abuse faced by workers in Gap supply chains in Cambodia, India and Indonesia.

Precarious Work in the Gap Global Value Chain