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Hungry Workers Are Trickling Slowly Back to Work at South Africa's Largest Platinum Mines
May 21, 2014There are signs that hungry workers are trickling slowly back to work at two of South Africa's largest platinum mines on the eve of what threatens to be a tricky court case for the employers. The industry has lost more than $1.8 billion ...
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Who's in Charge of Indebted Chinese LED Manufacturers?
Jan 8, 2014At the end of 2013, a new list of bankrupt Chinese LED lighting manufacturers was published. Industry sources estimate more than 10,000 people have been impacted by the bankruptcy wave. Frustrated workers and angry investors have hunt down ...
Tags: LED Manufacturers, LED Lighting
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A Labor Watchdog Group Is Slamming One of Apple's Suppliers for Allegedly Exploiting
Sep 6, 2013A labor watchdog group is slamming one of Apple’s suppliers for allegedly exploiting its Chinese workers to build the upcoming budget iPhone. To meet production orders for the device, a factory in Wuxi, China run by U.S.-based Jabil ...
Tags: Apple Supplier, iPhone
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Francois Hollande Will Not Allow Shale Gas Exploration During His Presidency
Jul 18, 2013French President Francois Hollande will not allow shale gas exploration during his presidency, he said on national television Sunday. France currently has a ban on shale gas exploration using hydraulic fracturing, the only current ...
Tags: Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy, Gas Drilling
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Vietnam's Textile and Apparel Exports Are Expected to Grow by 15 Percent During 2013
May 8, 2013Vietnam’s textile and apparel exports are expected to grow by 15 percent during 2013, according to the Vietnam Textile and Apparel Association (VITAS). Vietnamese textile & apparel sector witnessed a rise of 32 percent in ...
Tags: Vietnam Textile, Textile
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Fisker Automotive Is Facing a Us Lawsuit After Laying off 160 Workers Last Week
Apr 9, 2013Luxury plug-in hybrid car company Fisker Automotive is facing a US lawsuit after laying off 160 workers at the end of last week. Industry journal Automotive News reports that a federal lawsuit has been filed against Fisker, accusing the ...
Tags: Fisker Automotive, car, auto
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South African Textile and Apparel Industry Is Facing Several Challenges
Mar 15, 2013South African textile and apparel industry is facing several challenges, including macroeconomic influences of Asian imports and the domestic labor challenges, and hence the performance of the industry may reamin stable in the coming years, ...
Tags: Challenges, Apparel, Textile
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Samsung Electronics Has Rejected Allegations
Mar 4, 2013Samsung Electronics has rejected allegations that underage workers are assembling its products after three non-government organizations (NGO) filed a complaint with a French prosecutor's office claiming that the tech company was violating ...
Tags: Samsung Electronics, labor regulation, China
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BFC Monitoring Program Is Losing Its Relevance and Effectiveness in Ensuring Better Work
Feb 25, 2013The 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
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Indian Apparel Industry Is Hoping for The Withdrawal of Excise Duty on Clothing
Feb 17, 2013Indian apparel industry is hoping for the withdrawal of excise duty on clothing and elimination of distinction between branded and unbranded products in the Union Budget 2013-14, to be presented by the Finance Minister later this month. ...
Tags: apparel industry, excise duty, clothing and elimination
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India Inc's Aspiration for Manufacturing Sector Is to Be The Germany of The East
Jan 7, 2013India Inc's aspiration for manufacturing sector is to be the Germany of the East and not Factory to the west CII-BCG Manufacturing Leadership Survey 2012 During CII’s 11th Manufacturing Summit 2012, the Confederation of Indian ...
Tags: Manufacturing sector, Manufacturing, GDP, global manufacturing
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Serious Violations Is Finded in La Garment District by US Govt
Dec 27, 2012The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division and the California Division of Labor Standards Enforcement found serious violations of federal and state labor laws by each of 10 garment contractors inspected during a sweep of a single ...
Tags: garment district, garment, garment contractors, garments producing
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A Chinese Official Weighed in on The Controversy Surrounding Working Conditions
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - A Chinese official on Monday weighed in on the controversy surrounding working conditions at Apple and Samsung's suppliers in the country, stating that certain companies were lacking in "human care" in treating their ...
Tags: Apple, Samsung, working conditions, human care
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Samsung Is Facing Accusations That The Company Deliberately Tried to Hide The Employment
Dec 21, 2012Samsung is facing accusations that the company deliberately tried to hide the employment of underage workers at a Chinese supplier, after a labor protection group said it found three girls under the age of 16 employed at the factory. On ...
Tags: Samsung, Labor Group, Computer Products
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Local Authority Found No Underage Workers at a Samsung Electronics Manufacturing Supplier
Dec 21, 2012Local authorities in China said Thursday that they found no underage workers at a Samsung Electronics manufacturing supplier that a labor watchdog group claims has been employing students under the age of 16. The Huizhou Zhongkai Hi-tech ...
Tags: local authorities, China, underage workers, Samsung