A documentary revealing the miserable conditions faced by Cambodian factory workers producing goods for the fashion retailer H&M was aired on Swedish national television last night. Campaigners and the media are calling on H&M to respond to ...
Tags: H&M, fashion retailer, cloth, cheap clothing, slave wages
About 3,800 workers employed in apparel factories,especially in KwaZulu-Natal and Newcastle regions in South Africa,have returned to work as their employers have agreed to raise wages by R40 a week. About a week ago,the workers went ...
Taiwan's labor minister Wang Ju-hsuan has offered his resignation after the Executive Yuan(Cabinet)decided to postpone a plan proposed by the Council of Labor Affairs(CLA)to raise the minimum wage for employed workers in 2013. According ...
Tags: 2013, economy, Taiwan unemployment, minimum monthly wages
South African Clothing and Textile Workers Union (SACTWU) seems to be all set to launch a nation-wide strike over their pay hike demand. Although the final voting results of the 40,000 member workers of SACTWU are yet to be released, ...
Tags: SACTWU, nation-wide strike, pay hike demand