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Can California's new garment worker law rein in abuses? - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-12T19:57:51+07:00

"In September, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law banning piece-rate work and guaranteeing hourly wages for California’s garment workers. The Garment ...

3 sustainability experts weigh in on how to be a better shopper - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-12T19:57:51+07:00

"It can be overwhelming to know where to start, so below, Vogue asked three sustainability experts to weigh in on how to be a better—and smarter—shopper this ...

How the pandemic set back progress toward ethical working conditions - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-12T19:57:51+07:00

"More data, but also more non-compliance Since the pandemic started in 2020, the number of factories failing inspections for ethical practices has gone up ...

How much are apparel brands letting their suppliers steal from workers in India? - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-12T19:57:51+07:00

"In April 2020, a minimum wage increase went into effect in the Indian state of Karnataka, one of the country's largest centers of garment manufacturing. ...

Meet the former Big Issue vendor who now owns a multi-million pound company fighting fast fashion - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-12T19:57:51+07:00

"Philip Waltham sold the magazine in London in the late Nineties while battling drug addiction. Now he runs one of Britain’s biggest sustainable fashion ...

Unions in Sri Lanka sign landmark agreement in global apparel supply chain - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-12T19:57:51+07:00

"Three of IndustriALL’s affiliates in Sri Lanka, The Free Trade Zone & General Services Employees Union, Sri Lanka Nidahas Sewaka Sangamaya, and the National ...

Afrikrea raises $6.2 million in new funding, rebrands to Anka - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-12T19:57:51+07:00

"The e-commerce platform, which aims to bring African-made products to a global audience, has completed a $6.2 million pre-Series A funding round and rebranded ...

Sorona introduces global Preferred Mill Network - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-12T19:57:51+07:00

"One year after the debut of its Common Thread Fabric Certification Program, Sorona introduces the Preferred Mill Network, a global catalogue of mills offering ...

US Department of Labor finds owed wages, assesses penalties in over 80 percent of cotton gin investigations in seven southeast states - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-12T19:57:51+07:00

"While the cotton gin has greatly increased the speed of crop production since its invention more than three centuries ago, the U.S. Department of Labor has ...

Worker violations at US cotton ginneries - Kyna Intel, 2022-01-12T19:57:51+07:00

"Investigations by the US Department of Labor (DOL) have found that eight of ten cotton ginneries in the south-east of the country are underpaying their ...