Cambodia’s Labour Minister Ith Sam Heng has announced the new minimum wage of US$ 128 per month, after the ministry’s 28-member Labour Advisory Committee (LAC)—made up of government, union and factory ...
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Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) is among more than 100 federal, state and local associations that signed on to a letter sent to President Obama expressing deep concern over the deteriorating state of negotiations between the ...
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The Accord on Building and Fire Safety said initial inspections of Accord producing apparel factories have been completed within the agreed timeline of September 2014. Out of 1,106 factories inspected, over 400 Corrective Action Plans ...
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Food 4 Less/Foods Co stores, a division of The Kroger Co. (KR), today announced that a tentative agreement has been reached with the seven southern California UFCW locals. The agreement is fully-recommended and covers more than 6,000 ...
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The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) Congress in Sofia, Bulgaria, has launched the global “Safe Rates and a Safe Industry – We’re In, Are you?” campaign for Australian truck drivers in the ...
The United Steelworkers union (USW) has won round one in its fight to increase tariffs on consumer tire imports from China. On June 15, the United States Department of Commerce (DOC) announced it had initiated investigations into dumping ...
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LOS ANGELES -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today will recognize 17 graduates from the Superfund Job Training Initiative (SuperJTI) in Rialto, Calif. The job training, offered to local residents, provided training and readiness ...
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The National Retail Federation announced that Senator Mark Warner, D-Va. and Representative John Kline, R-Minn., have been recognized as NRF’s Legislators of the Year. The awards presentation was made during the Retail Advocates ...
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Germany-based beverage filling and packaging lines manufacturer Krones has announced plans to upgrade the competitiveness of its Kosme subsidiary. Kosme, which has production facilities in Roverbella of Italy and Sollenau of Argentina, ...
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Aavin, a Tami Nadu Co-op Milk Producers Federation, has opened a new dairy farm in Pudukottai, Tami Nadu. The Tami Nadu state chief minister Jayalalithaa inaugurated the new dairy facility through video conference, reports The Hindu. ...
Clean Clothes Campaign has released a new report that uncovers the truth behind high-end fashion chains and the Eastern European and Turkish garment workers that make their clothes. "Stitched Up – Poverty wages for garment workers in ...
The cost of civil construction in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil, increased 1.71 percent month-over-month in May, according to the state’s civil construction union SindusCon-SP. The basic unit cost of civil construction or CUB in ...
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The planning workshop on OSH (Occupational Safety and Health Awareness) was held with representatives of employers and workers organizations and other stakeholders from the Ready-Made Garment (RMG) sector aimed at in-depth analysis of ...
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BASF increased spending on research and development to €1.8 billion (2012: €1.7 billion) in 2013. "In absolute terms, we lead the field in the chemical industry with our research and development expenditures," said Dr. Andreas ...
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One year ago today, 17 ready-made garment (RMG) industry global brands and retailers and 2 global unions and their national RMG affiliates signed an unprecedented agreement to make RMG factories safe in Bangladesh. One year later, 172 ...
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