Category: General

13 OCT

Garment workers clash with cops

Garment workers clash with cops
23 arrested
Staff Correspondent
The Daily Star, Bangladesh

Several hundred garment factory workers clashed with the police in and around Kafrul Police Station in the capital yesterday afternoon while demonstrating against the arrest of six garment workers’ leaders on October 10.
Police arrested 23 workers from the spot after they damaged several vehicles. Read more about Garment workers clash with cops …

12 OCT

Export of readymade garment to US declines

Export of readymade garment to US declines
Nepalnews. com

The export of readymade garments to the US, one of the major market of Nepali readymade garment, continued its downward trend in the month of September as compared to same period of the last year.

According to the data released by Garment Association Nepal (GAN), the export of readymade garment to the US declined by seven percent in the month of August as compared to same period of the last year.

According to the statistics of GAN, readymade garment worth over $ 3.29 million was exported to US in September 2014 as compared to $ 3.36 million in the same month of the last year. Read more about Export of readymade garment to US declines …

11 OCT

Apparel and Textile Imports Down in August

Women’s Wear Daily
by Liza Casabona

Posted Friday October 10, 2014

Flagging consumer demand and economic pressures dragged apparel and textile imports down in August for the sixth straight month.

Apparel and textile shipments to the U.S. fell 6.4 percent to 4.68 billion square meter equivalents in August, the Commerce Department said Friday. Imports of textiles and apparel to the U.S. have fallen every month this year, except February.

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11 OCT

Tekstil ilegal kuasai pusat grosir

Tekstil ilegal kuasai pusat grosir
Jakarta (Espos)

Tekstil dan produk pakaian jadi (garmen) selundupan menguasai sejumlah pusat perdagangan grosir, terutama di Jakarta, di antaranya di Tanah Abang dan Mangga Dua.
“Tekstil dan garmen impor yang masuk secara ilegal terus membanjiri pasar di dalam negeri yang berlangsung sejak dua sampai tiga tahun terakhir tanpa penanganan yang jelas,” kata Ketua Asosiasi Pedagang Grosir DKI Jakarta Heris MM, di Jakarta, Minggu (8/10). Read more about Tekstil ilegal kuasai pusat grosir …

10 OCT

Garment workers strike today

Garment workers strike today
By Staff Reporter
The New Nation, Bangladesh

Garments workers will observe today a daylong strike enforced by the Garments Sramik Sangram Parishad, an alliance of several garment workers associations, across the country demanding immediate cancellation of the recent recommendation of minimum salary of Tk 1, 662 by the Wage Board and payment salary with bonus before Eid.

Leaders of the Bangladesh Sanjukta Sramik Federation, another platform of garment workers in a meeting held at Muktangon in the city yesterday demanded the immediate implementation of the accord signed with the Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad(SKOP), a grand alliance of labourers and employees . Read more about Garment workers strike today …

09 OCT

Garment Industry in Sri Lanka at Cross Roads: Manufacturers concerned of high cost while the workers demand a "Living wage"

Garment Industry in Sri Lanka at Cross Roads: Manufacturers concerned of high cost while the workers demand a “Living wage”
Mon, 2014-10-09 01:18
By Quintus Perera – Asian Tribune
Asian Tribune, Thailand

Colombo, 09 October, (Asiantribune.com): Initially the Free Trade Zone or better known then as the Investment Promotional Zones were basically set up to solve two major problems in Sri Lanka viz to solve unemployment and to earn more and more foreign exchange to boost the economy.

As in all other investments, the first priority of the investor has been to ensure their share of return on the investment. Read more about Garment Industry in Sri Lanka at Cross Roads: Manufacturers concerned of high cost while the workers demand a "Living wage" …