"A total of 1,140 readymade garment factories are likely to lose their membership in the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association as the units have not paid the membership subscripti ...
"The explosion took place around 10 pm on August 23 near the Tatmadaw garment factory near Sanema bus stop on Nyaungdon Road, Hlaingtharya Township. Gunfire was heard after the blast. According to ini ...
"Department of Environment (DoE) Chattogram today fined a garment factory Tk 2.16 lakh for filling up pond at Uttar Kattoli area of the port city. The fine was imposed after a hearing at DoE's Khulshi ...
"Fire and building safety are extremely important issues for H&M Group. We are pleased to have signed a new agreement, called the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment ...
"The world’s largest innovation challenge to transform the fashion industry is now open for applications. The Global Change Award 2022 is seeking early-stage innovations contributing to a planet posit ...
Firefighter Liu Mingbing fainted from heatstroke after fighting a blaze in a Wujjiang, Jiangsu textile factory on 21 August, Later he awoke and continued fighting the fire. ...
""The Indonesian Trade Union Confederation (KSPI) says it has recorded approximately 50,000 workers laid off since early 2021. This data includes cases of layoffs that are not directly related to Covi ...
"The Indonesian Footwear and Textile Garment Workers/Labourers Alliance (APBGATI) has released research showing women workers in factory areas are vulnerable to sexual violence. [...] According to APB ...
"The workers of Bangladesh, both in formal and informal sectors, are the forsaken lot with almost no voice. Their powerlessness has been patently visible after the outbreak of Covid-19. The administra ...
"The problem? Women coming out of jail are often hard-pressed to find employment. According to the Prison Policy Initiative, a nonprofit criminal justice advocacy group, formerly incarcerated people a ...
"Trade union leaders in Sri Lanka are calling on the government to reverse a decision to exempt garment factories from a lockdown to tackle a spike in the highly contagious Delta variant of the COVID- ...
"A garment factory in Agalawatte has managed to prevent the spread of COVID-19 by following the bio bubble and DREAM concept based on the advice of the Chief Medical Officer of Health in the area. Pic ...
"When coronavirus hit international fashion manufacturing centres last year, many Australian designers pivoted to making clothes onshore. But as Sydney’s lockdown extends into the second half of 2021, ...
"The Joint Apparel Association Forum (JAAF), the apex body of the apparel industry in Sri Lanka, has formulated a 5-point framework to coordinate the industry’s response to challenges stemming from CO ...
"“Hope” rather than “style” or “money” or “trend” may seem a weird word to associate with fashion. Almost as weird as writing about fashion in the context of a war-torn and anguished country. Yet it c ...
"Scottish retail leaders have widely welcomed Scotland’s Protection of Workers Act, which came into force yesterday (24 August). The law is designed to give shop staff greater legal protection if they ...
"Brands and trade unions have signed a new agreement on workplace safety in Bangladesh to replace the legally binding deal behind the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh which expires at ...
"The advent of these relatively novel laws has been welcomed by lawmakers and consumers, alike, but the recent allegations against Shein – paired with the outcome of a vote against a heightened anti-s ...
"Bangladesh is entering its 3rd week of strict lockdown as the spread of COVID-19 has been insufficiently weakened in the eyes of government officials. Public transportation, movement outside the hous ...
"Negotiations between IndustriALL, UNI and leading textile and garment brands signatories to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh have yielded a tentative agreement that continues the ...
