Apparel Production in the new world of COVID-19 (APNWC): reforming and innovating for PPEs, safe manufacturing environments, and remote workers

新冠肺炎新世界的服装生产建立在CCSIF先前资助的一项研究的基础上 倡议，劣质衬衫工人(PMSW)：融入加拿大劳动力的社会解决方案 (2018-2020)以及与亲善工业的合作伙伴关系。这项先前的研究增加了 服装工人的劳动，特别是新来的人和妇女的劳动，以及他们生产的服装的价值， 同时从垃圾填埋场转移纺织废料。在COVID大流行之前，该项目的成果包括 训练有素的服装再制造劳动力，以及正在生产的正常运行的缝纫平台 为一家名为Worth的商誉工业社会企业重新制造商品。然而，COVID 大流行已经暂停了这项工作。为了应对这种停顿并回应社会需求，新的 项目有三个目标：1)设计、原型和测试批量生产2,500个所需的方法 每周可水洗非医用口罩，到10月1日增加到每周2万多个；2)开发， 原型，并测试COVID-安全、功能正常、可持续的物理缝纫平台；以及3)开发， 原型，并测试基于家庭的制造网络，该网络将在以下方面提供合法性和灵活性 当然，亲善服装生产员工的远程工作。

Apparel Production in the new world of COVID-19 (APNWC) builds upon a prior CCSIF-funded research initiative, Poorly Made Shirt Workers (PMSW): a social solution for integration into the Canadian workforce (2018-2020) and a partnership with Goodwill Industries. This previous research increased the value of the apparel worker's labour, specifically for newcomers and women, and the value of the garments they produce, while diverting textile waste from landfill. Prior to the COVID pandemic, outcomes from this project included a trained workforce for apparel re-manufacturing, and a functioning sewing platform which was producing re-manufactured goods for a Goodwill Industries social enterprise named WORTH. However the COVID pandemic has suspended this undertaking. To counter this stoppage and to respond to societal needs, the new project has three objectives: 1) to design, prototype, and test the methodology necessary to mass-produce 2,500 washable fabric non-medical masks per week, scaling to 20,000+ masks weekly by October 1st; 2) to develop, prototype, and test a COVID-safe, functioning, sustainable physical sewing platform; and 3) to develop, prototype, and test a home-based manufacturing network that would offer the legitimization in, and flexibility of, remote work for Goodwill apparel production employees.