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Top Fashion Brands Have A Supply Chain Battle Against Extreme Heat
Extreme heat is hitting garment workers across Asia hard. See how Epic Group's new India campus is redesigning factories to fight back.
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Bangladesh Garment Workers Sacked For Demanding Fair Wages
The South Asian country -- the world's eighth most populous, with about 170 million citizens -- was last month rocked by its worst labour unrest in a decade.
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Bangladesh Increases Garment Workers Minimum Pay By 56%: Report
Bangladesh raised the minimum monthly wage for its four million garment workers by 56.25 percent on Tuesday, a decision immediately rejected by unions seeking a near-tripling of the figure.
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Levi's, H&M Stop Production As Bangladesh Labour Protest Intensifies
Levi's and H&M are among the top global clothing brands to suffer production halts in Bangladesh, a garment union leader said Friday, after days of violent protests by workers demanding a near-tripling of their wages.
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In South India, Garment Workers To Receive Counselling After Spate Of Deaths
Garment workers in south India are to receive counselling to help them cope with problems from work pressure to sexual harassment after a series of deaths in factories and hostels, a local official said on Wednesday.
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Fashion Brands Bring Hand-washing But Little Else To Garment Workers, Say Critics
Chennai: The agenda was to improve the conditions for tens of thousands of women garment workers who stitch everything from jeans to jackets for the world’s leading fashion brands. But the strategy was flawed, say critics. The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) aimed to gain access to often highly restricted factories in the textile centre of Tami...
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Tirupur Is India's 'Dollar City'. But Signs That Thousands Work In Misery
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: A fish tank with expensive Arowana fish is prominently displayed in many factories making hosiery in the southern textile hub of Tirupur – the owners believe it will bring them wealth. But any prosperity is limited to factory owners. Few profits trickle down to the tens of thousands of workers they employ, says filmm...
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Bengaluru Riot Over New Provident Fund Rules, Massive Traffic Jams
Thousands of garment workers in Bengaluru clashed with the police and set buses and cars on fire today, angry with the government over a new controversial rule for provident funds, which has now been withdrawn.
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5 Cambodian Garment Workers Killed in Truck Crash, Scores More Injured
At least five Cambodian garment workers were killed and nearly 70 injured today after two trucks carrying the labourers collided, authorities said.
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Bangladesh Says 80% of Garment Factories Safe
More than 80 per cent of Bangladesh's garment factories supplying global retailers have been found to be safe, the government said today, citing improvements made after a deadly 2013 accident.
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Angelina Jolie, Aung San Suu Kyi Meet Women Garment Workers in Myanmar
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie met women garment workers in Myanmar on Saturday with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to learn more about their working conditions, as part of her first visit to the country.
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Inspection Tensions Add to Bangladesh Garment Industry's Woes
It took Western safety inspectors only about an hour to tour a factory the size of three football fields before ordering a partial shutdown of Sonia & Sweaters Ltd, a Bangladesh clothing supplier to Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Debenhams.
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Dozens hurt in Bangladesh garment factory protest
Thousands of garment workers demanding higher pay clashed with police in Bangladesh, leaving dozens of people injured and at least 200 factories closed.
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Bangladesh violence closes 100 garment factories
Garment workers demanding higher pay have clashed with police and attacked factories in an industrial belt on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital.
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'Mass hysteria' hits Bangladesh garment workers
Hundreds of Bangladesh factory workers who fell sick in recent weeks could have been struck down by a mysterious illness described as a type of "mass hysteria," officials said on Tuesday.
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Top Fashion Brands Have A Supply Chain Battle Against Extreme Heat
Extreme heat is hitting garment workers across Asia hard. See how Epic Group's new India campus is redesigning factories to fight back.
-
Bangladesh Garment Workers Sacked For Demanding Fair Wages
The South Asian country -- the world's eighth most populous, with about 170 million citizens -- was last month rocked by its worst labour unrest in a decade.
-
Bangladesh Increases Garment Workers Minimum Pay By 56%: Report
Bangladesh raised the minimum monthly wage for its four million garment workers by 56.25 percent on Tuesday, a decision immediately rejected by unions seeking a near-tripling of the figure.
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Levi's, H&M Stop Production As Bangladesh Labour Protest Intensifies
Levi's and H&M are among the top global clothing brands to suffer production halts in Bangladesh, a garment union leader said Friday, after days of violent protests by workers demanding a near-tripling of their wages.
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In South India, Garment Workers To Receive Counselling After Spate Of Deaths
Garment workers in south India are to receive counselling to help them cope with problems from work pressure to sexual harassment after a series of deaths in factories and hostels, a local official said on Wednesday.
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Fashion Brands Bring Hand-washing But Little Else To Garment Workers, Say Critics
Chennai: The agenda was to improve the conditions for tens of thousands of women garment workers who stitch everything from jeans to jackets for the world’s leading fashion brands. But the strategy was flawed, say critics. The Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) aimed to gain access to often highly restricted factories in the textile centre of Tami...
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Tirupur Is India's 'Dollar City'. But Signs That Thousands Work In Misery
By Anuradha Nagaraj Chennai: A fish tank with expensive Arowana fish is prominently displayed in many factories making hosiery in the southern textile hub of Tirupur – the owners believe it will bring them wealth. But any prosperity is limited to factory owners. Few profits trickle down to the tens of thousands of workers they employ, says filmm...
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Bengaluru Riot Over New Provident Fund Rules, Massive Traffic Jams
Thousands of garment workers in Bengaluru clashed with the police and set buses and cars on fire today, angry with the government over a new controversial rule for provident funds, which has now been withdrawn.
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5 Cambodian Garment Workers Killed in Truck Crash, Scores More Injured
At least five Cambodian garment workers were killed and nearly 70 injured today after two trucks carrying the labourers collided, authorities said.
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Bangladesh Says 80% of Garment Factories Safe
More than 80 per cent of Bangladesh's garment factories supplying global retailers have been found to be safe, the government said today, citing improvements made after a deadly 2013 accident.
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Angelina Jolie, Aung San Suu Kyi Meet Women Garment Workers in Myanmar
Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie met women garment workers in Myanmar on Saturday with opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to learn more about their working conditions, as part of her first visit to the country.
-
Inspection Tensions Add to Bangladesh Garment Industry's Woes
It took Western safety inspectors only about an hour to tour a factory the size of three football fields before ordering a partial shutdown of Sonia & Sweaters Ltd, a Bangladesh clothing supplier to Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Debenhams.
-
Dozens hurt in Bangladesh garment factory protest
Thousands of garment workers demanding higher pay clashed with police in Bangladesh, leaving dozens of people injured and at least 200 factories closed.
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Bangladesh violence closes 100 garment factories
Garment workers demanding higher pay have clashed with police and attacked factories in an industrial belt on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital.
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'Mass hysteria' hits Bangladesh garment workers
Hundreds of Bangladesh factory workers who fell sick in recent weeks could have been struck down by a mysterious illness described as a type of "mass hysteria," officials said on Tuesday.
