Category: General

How L.A. kept out a million migrants
Los Angeles Times, CA

CONVENTIONAL wisdom holds that cities and metropolitan areas are powerless to deter immigrants from moving in. Evidence suggests otherwise. Between 1980 and 2000, the Los Angeles metropolitan area deflected nearly 1 million Mexican immigrants, legal and illegal, to other U.S. cities.

During that 20-year interval, the immigrant population in the United States increased from 14 million to 31 million, but the percentage of those immigrants living in the city of Los Angeles declined from 6.8% to 4.9%, according to U.S. census data. Read more about How L.A. kept out a million migrants …

Nepalese Garment Exports To U.S. Fall Drastically
AHN
Siddique Islam – AHN South Asia Correspondent

Kathmandu, Nepal (AHN) – The exports of the Nepali readymade garment (RMG) to the United States witnessed a huge fall of 66 per cent in terms of value in March, 2014.

The apparel products valued over US$998,820.70 were exported to the US in March as against over $2.89 million in the corresponding period of the previous year, according to the Garment Association of Nepal statistics. Read more about Nepalese Garment Exports To U.S. Fall Drastically …

China : Garment sector seeks to be part of global brand culture
April 16, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India

As everyone knows, China’s textile and apparel exports have been mainly in OEM processing. In the whole industry chain, enterprises in OEM processing only earn about 10 percent of the total market profits.

Therefore the high-speed growth relying on such a low value and huge volume has given China garment the pronoun as low-end and low-priced clothing in the world. Read more about China : Garment sector seeks to be part of global brand culture …

YarnsandFibers (subscription)
According to Customs data, the accumulated export of textile and garment were 34.062 billion USD in the first three months, down 9.03% to the same period of last year. Nevertheless, it shows a little recovery compared with 14.54% negative growth rate in first two months. The textile export were 12.017 billion USD, down 15.6%; garment 22.045 billion USD, down 5%.
Read more about China – Textile and Garment Export down 9.03% in First Quarter …

Seattle University Spectator
Katy McCourt-Basham
Sustainability is a word that has been heard more frequently in recent years, especially in regards to food, plastics and fuel. But there is one major industry where the idea has only recently been acknowledged by mainstream consumers: fashion.
Read more about Green' garments bloom in Seattle fashion scene …

Times of India
NAGPUR: In one of the biggest fire accidents in recent times the garment and linen manufacturing unit of city-based Lord’s was completely
destroyed in the wee hours of
Wednesday.
Read more about Garment unit blaze devours property worth crores …

Bangladesh garment workers strike over soaring food prices
AFP
36 minutes ago

DHAKA (AFP) — At least 15,000 Bangladesh garment factory workers went on strike Tuesday to call for higher wages as food prices in the impoverished nation soar, police said.

Bandladesh’s garment industry, crucial for the economy as the leading export earner, saw dozens of factories idle at the Fatullah industrial area, 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Dhaka, local police chief Bhuiyan Mahbub Hasan said. Read more about Bangladesh garment workers strike over soaring food prices …

CDA plans housing project for female garment workers
Our Correspondent
4/16/2014
Financial Express.bd, Bangladesh

CHITTAGONG, April 15: Chittagong Development Authority (CDA) has undertaken a housing project to ensure security and provide accommodation facilities exclusively for female garment workers who constitute the major portion of total working force employed in the main export earning sector of the country, sources said. Read more about CDA plans housing project for female garment workers …

Hindu Business Line
NEW DELHI: Apparel exporters have virtually run out of orders from their US and European clients as the demand for the Indian clothing has dried up in the recession-hit Western markets.
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Bangladesh garment workers strike over soaring food prices
AFP

DHAKA (AFP) — At least 15,000 Bangladesh garment factory workers went on strike Tuesday to call for higher wages as food prices in the impoverished nation soar, police said.

Bandladesh’s garment industry, crucial for the economy as the leading export earner, saw dozens of factories idle at the Fatullah industrial area, 20 kilometres (12 miles) south of Dhaka, local police chief Bhuiyan Mahbub Hasan said. Read more about Bangladesh garment workers strike over soaring food prices …