On Tuesday afternoon, 13 July, workers from Stylecraft garment factory went on strike over unpaid wages and allowances. They protested inside the factory grounds and at the factory gate before forming ...
"The Chinese retailer is fast becoming Gen Z’s favorite fashion company, for its low prices and savvy social media use. [...] There are tens of thousands of styles on the retailer’s site, and each day ...
"A UN-backed advisory committee – charged with ensuring labour rights and adequate working conditions in the Kingdom’s export factories producing garments and similar items – has reiterated commitment ...
"Garment shipment will suffer a serious setback if production is suspended in July and August as it is the prime season for apparel manufacturers since sales rise in the Western market because of wint ...
"Workers' rights campaigners are putting pressure on Zara owner Inditex, on the day of its annual shareholder meeting today, to sign a new legally binding agreement on garment factory safety in Bangla ...
"Sources at the district firefighting unit said they fought 127 fires at small and heavy industries in the city last year, while countless smaller fires went unreported. [...] “We found that more than ...
"A federal court has handed down a bit of a mixed ruling in a lawsuit accusing Canada Goose of misleading consumers about the nature of the trapping methods used to source the fur for its buzzy jacket ...
"The University of Huddersfield is now an affiliate signatory to a major expert-led initiative that will see UK’s fashion industry leaders work together to make the sector more sustainable. The overal ...
"Rental and resale are both considered key components for circular fashion. But compared to resale, rental’s luxury endorsements have been slow-going. Rental and resale are both considered to be criti ...
"The International Labour Organization (ILO) has launched a COVID-19 Behaviour Change Awareness Campaign in Bangladesh in a bid to educate and protect workers in the country’s ready-made garment (RMG) ...
"The Microfibre Consortium (TMC) has announced the public release of its test method that determines the level of microfibres shed from fabrics during domestic laundering. First unveiled in 2019, the ...
"More than 150,000 Tunisians work in garment factories, mostly women, and the pandemic has shone a light on widespread labour abuses Tunisian clothing, textiles factories hard-hit by COVID-19 Pandemic ...
"Amid Beijing's ongoing tussle with foreign companies over forced labour in Xinjiang, the Japanese Ministry of trade and industry called on the textile industry to craft guidelines to root out human r ...
"Choub Chanda, a 38-year-old garment worker, said she was admitted into a Poipet school converted into a testing center on Thursday with some of her coworkers at Hi-Tech Apparel in Banteay Meanchey pr ...
"The government on Tuesday instructed garment factory owners to pay all dues, monthly wages and festival bonus by July 19. State Minister for labour Munnojan Sufian made the instruction at a meeting o ...
"All factories have been ordered to close operations after the end of Eid from July 23 for 14 days. The closure will continue till August 5 to contain the rising rate of Covid-19, said the Cabinet Div ...
"The People’s Republic of China (PRC) government continues to carry out genocide and crimes against humanity against Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in the Xinjiang U ...
"Today the U.S. Department of State, alongside the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representati ...
"The Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) worker rights group is taking legal action against global fashion companies including H&M and Levi's over the 'wage theft' of supply chain garment workers during t ...
"Generations of Vietnamese outworkers’ skills have underpinned the Australian fashion industry. Emma Do and Kim Lam explore their work in a graphic novel Thanks to the pandemic, many of us are now fam ...
