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US Will Continue to Help Bangladesh RMG Sector

Aug 28, 2015

US Ambassador to Bangladesh Mercia Bernicat has that Washington is committed to helping Bangladesh's readymade garment (RMG) sector, according to media reports in that country. Bernicat's comments came during a courtesy call on Prime ...

Tags: readymade garment, garment

Bangladesh PM Urges The Foreign Buyers to Raise The Price of Garment Products

Jul 27, 2015

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has urged the foreign buyers to raise the price of garment products, saying that this money would be spent for further welfare of the country's four million readymade garment (RMG) workers, the ...

Tags: aaparel and clothing, garment products, readymade garment export

G7 to Establish a New Fund to Help Improve The Global Supply Chain in Bangladesh

Jun 16, 2015

There is some good news for garment factory workers. G7 leaders meeting in Bavaria have agreed to establish a new fund to help improve the global supply chain in the wake of the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh in 2013 in which 1,137 ...

Tags: Garment Industry, Insurance Fund

A New Wage Structure Will Rise The Cost of Garment Factory Owners

Jan 5, 2015

Garment factory owners’ cost in Cambodia is expected to rise by nearly 20 per cent, as a new wage structure came into effect from 1 January. The new structure raises the minimum wage to US$ 128 per month from the earlier $100 per ...

Tags: transportation, seniority, Apparel

Alliance Has Taken up a New Initiative to Protect The Lives of Garment Workers

Nov 28, 2014

The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety (Alliance) has taken up a new initiative to protect the lives of garment workers by providing fire safety training to factory security guards. The course will prepare guards to react effectively ...

Tags: Fire Safety, Security Guards, Apparel

Tofail Ahmed Urge Australian Buyers to Visit RMG Factories in Bangladesh

Nov 24, 2014

The commerce minister of Bangladesh, Tofail Ahmed, has urged Australian buyers to visit readymade garment (RMG) factories in Bangladesh, BSS news agency reported. Speaking at a joint forum in Melbourne, Australia, Ahmed said the ...

Tags: RMG factories, Apparel

RMG Has a Great Future and Is in an Excellent Position to Expand in The Global Market

Nov 18, 2014

The readymade garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh has a great future and is in an excellent position to expand in the global market, Parliamentarian State Secretary of German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, ...

Tags: readymade garment(RMG)sector, German Official, Apparel

Cambodia's Labour Minister Announces The New Minimum Wage of Us$ 128 Per Month

Nov 17, 2014

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 ...

Tags: new minimum wage, Apparel

Iconic US Apparel Brand GAP Is Partnering with Arvind Lifestyle

Aug 25, 2014

Iconic US apparel brand Gap is partnering with Arvind Lifestyle, a subsidiary of Arvind Limited, one of India’s largest textile companies. The first stores are expected to open in India’s two largest cities, Mumbai and Delhi, ...

Tags: GAP, Arvind Lifestyle, Apparel

Clean Clothes Campaign Released a New Report

Jun 12, 2014

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 ...

Tags: Apparel, Textile

Clean Clothes Campaign Launches a Review of Its Urgent Appeal Cases of 2013

May 28, 2014

Clean Clothes Campaign launches a Review of its Urgent Appeal cases of 2013 and beginning of 2014. The interactive map shows how Clean Clothes Campaign supports the survivors of the Rana Plaza and many other workers in their struggle for ...

Tags: Clean Clothes, garment industry

H&M Publishes Its Twelfth Conscious Actions Sustainability Report

Apr 11, 2014

H&M publishes its twelfth Conscious Actions Sustainability Report. Some of the highlights during 2013 are the launch of H&M´s roadmap for fair living wages, the first closed loop collection made with recycled material from collected ...

Tags: H&M, recycled material, collected garments

Hong Kong Have Entered Into an Agreement to Set up Their First Industrial Park in Myanmar

Mar 17, 2014

Garment manufacturers from Hong Kong have entered into an agreement to set up their first industrial park in Myanmar, reports the South China Morning Post. The apparel park would be set up on 200 hectare area in Yangon, the former ...

Tags: Garment, Apparel, clothing

Clean Clothes Campaign Joins in Signs The Statement by Over 30 Bangladeshi Organisations

Mar 5, 2014

Over 70 labour rights groups and trade unions have signed up to a joint statement calling on global clothing brands that source from Bangladesh to pay into the Rana Plaza Donor Trust Fund and ensure the survivors and families of victims of ...

Tags: Clothes Campaign, Textile

Rights Groups Expresss Outrage at Brutal Violence and Repression in Cambodia

Jan 13, 2014

Groups call on global clothing brands to use their influence to achieve an end to repression against workers involved in wage protests and the resumption of good-faith wage negotiations. Labour rights groups and trade unions across the ...

Tags: clothing brands, Apparel, Textile

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