H&M publicly commits to support the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, initiated by IndustryALL and UNI Global Union. The parties will be committed to the goal of a safe and sustainable Bangladeshi Ready Made Garment (RMG) ...
Tags: H&M, Building Safety Agreement
The Government of Bangladesh has temporarily shutdown 18 garment manufacturing factories on the grounds of inacceptable labour standards and working conditions, Textiles and Jute Minister Abdul Latif Siddiqui informed reporters. While two ...
Tags: Garment Factories, Garment
Workers at the Port of Hong Kong have voted to call off their industrial action after accepting an improved wage offer and promises of further negotiations on working conditions – as well as an assurance that there will be no ...
The tripartite partners (Government, employers and workers) and the International Labour Organization (ILO) express their great sadness at the immense loss of life and serious injuries caused by the collapse of the Rana Plaza Building in ...
The adidas Group marks a new milestone in the management of its supply chain as it explores new ways of direct communication between factory management and workers. The adidas Group published its 2012 Sustainability Progress Report, ...
Tags: Water-Less Dyeing Process, Adidas
Bangladesh’s Ministry of Commerce has requested the European Union not to impose severe conditions that may impact readymade garment exports from Bangladesh. In a three-page letter sent to William Hanna, EU Ambassador in Bangladesh, ...
Tags: readymade garment, EU
To address the challenge and risks facing the garment industry is sub contracting and the uncertainty and risks associated, AEPC in association with Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) organized, a workshop on, ensuring safe sub contracting ...
Tags: AEPC, Safe Garment
Urgent attention must be given to fire safety in the Cambodian garment and footwear industry according to a new report released by the International Labour Organization’s Better Factories Cambodia program (BFC). BFC’s 29th ...
Tags: Garment Units, Textile
Chairman AEPC, Dr. A Sakthive, in the proposal presented, to Shri Anand Sharma, the Union Minister for Commerce, Industry & Textiles, has made submission for increasing the garment exports to US $16 billion in 2013-14. The meeting was ...
Tags: AEPC, garment exports, garment
ILO Chief Advisor Mr. Robert Wayss for Promoting Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work in Bangladesh visited BKMEA Dhaka office. During the meeting, he had an elaborated discussion with BKMEA 2nd Vice President AH Aslam Sunny on ...
Tags: ILO Chief Advisor, BKMEA, Labour Issues
A multi-stakeholder meeting in Dhaka convened by IndustriALL underlines need for urgent progress on workers’ rights, minimum wages and fire safety in order to secure a sustainable future for the garment industry in Bangladesh The ...
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO’s) Better Factories Cambodia (BFC) monitoring program is losing its relevance and effectiveness in ensuring better work and wage conditions, especially to garment workers, says a ...
Tags: garment workers, Apparel, garment
Catherine Ashton, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Karel De Gucht, Commissioner for Trade made following statement: “We are deeply saddened to learn of the deaths of young workers from a ...
Uzbek authorities have increased the use of forced labor by adults and older children in the cotton sector during the past year, Human Rights Watch said. The move was apparently made to shift the burden away from younger children in ...
Tags: cotton harvest, cotton, cotton industry
US based Southern Copper's Cuajone and Toquepala copper mines, and its Ilo smelter in Moquegua region are operating normally after workers ended a two day strike. The company said in a release that the company was able to maintain ...
Tags: Southern Copper, copper mines, copper, mines