Category: General

12 DEC

'Garment workers keep arriving'

‘Garment workers keep arriving’
Saipan Tribune, Micronesia
By Liberty Dones
Reporter

The closure of several garment factories on the island, which has already resulted in the displacement of thousands of guest workers, has not stopped the arrival of more alien workers for the industry, said the federal ombudsman office.

“There are still lots of new workers coming in every day. At the Ombudsman’s Office, we are right across the hall from the Social Security office. All the new workers have to get Social Security cards before they begin work.This past week, there was a large number coming in [for a garment factory]. .I also understand there are several hundred permits waiting to be printed at LIIDS for even more workers to come in,” said federal ombudsman Jim Benedetto in an e-mail interview. Read more about 'Garment workers keep arriving' …

11 DEC

Cambodia places 6th largest garment exporter in world

Cambodia places 6th largest garment exporter in world
Xinhua, China

PHNOM PENH, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) — Cambodia has become the sixth largest garment exporting country in the world, the Chinese-language newspaper the Commercial Daily reported on Tuesday.

The newspapers quoted government spokesman Khieu Kanharith as saying that the pillar industry creates job opportunities for some 500,000 people in Cambodia. The spokesman made the remarks while paying a visit to Kampong Cham province. Read more about Cambodia places 6th largest garment exporter in world …

11 DEC

Uncertainty looms over Lima's garment district, Gamarra.

Uncertainty looms over Lima’s garment district, Gamarra.
Living in Peru, Peru

(LIP-jl) — With only two weeks left until the Christmas shopping season comes to an end, the fire chief of the 4th Departmental Command of the Lima Fire Department – Downtown Station, cautioned holiday shoppers who plan to do their shopping at Gamarra this Christmas season.

According to Mesarina, the popular shopping emporium is a virtual time-bomb. Thousands of Limeans crowd its vehicle-free streets while pushing and shoving their way towards Gamarra´s galleries who offer attractive low prices. Building code violations, clandestine wiring, and a lack of evacuation plans are common place, he affirmed. Read more about Uncertainty looms over Lima's garment district, Gamarra. …

10 DEC

'It says it's large, but it's a medium'

‘It says it’s large, but it’s a medium’
Independent Online, South Africa

The size said large, but there was no way the zip would go higher than Lynne de Maid’s waist. The silk dress was exactly what she was looking for, the R1 595 price tag was fine with her budget, and the size marked in the dress was hers.

But we were soon to find that nothing De Maid tried on in her size would fit her.

Waterfront designer stores didn’t appear to stock anything larger than a 14 and even what they had was too small for a regular size 14.

Weekend Argus accompanied 40-something De Maid this week as she went from store to store in the Waterfront to find something to wear.

The wealthy retired Welsh lawyer had the Cape Argus SMS column ablaze when she lamented that size 14s at the Waterfront were in fact size 10s or 12s. Read more about 'It says it's large, but it's a medium' …

10 DEC

Winners Garment closing too

Winners Garment closing too
Saipan Tribune, Micronesia
By Ferdie de la Torre
Reporter

Garment manufacturer Winners Corp. is also closing down its operations on Saipan effective Feb. 5, 2014.

The Afetnas-based Winners Corp. is the fifth garment factory in the past month to announce shutdown and suspension of factories on the island.

Saipan Tribune learned yesterday from Winners’ official Mathilde Igitol that they have over 500 workers, including less than 90 resident employees.

Winners’ general manager Min Ho Sik informed the Department of Labor last Thursday about the planned closure. Read more about Winners Garment closing too …

09 DEC

Recession brings Bangalore’s garment industry to a halt


Hindu, India –
V. Sridhar
Bangalore: The recession in the industrialised world has brought Bangalore’s garment industry to a halt. Although the industry employs roughly as many people in the city as the Information Technology industry does, the plight of garment workers has drawn only a fraction of the media attention that IT workers have.
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08 DEC

House of Pearl buys garment warehouse in UK

House of Pearl buys garment warehouse in UK
Our Web Bureau / New Delhi December 6, 2014
Business Standard, India

Multinational apparel firm House of Pearl Fashions has acquired a new warehouse facility in Milton Keynes, UK. The storage facility will be a garment logistics warehouse with a capacity of nearly 43,000 sqft and has been acquired through its subsidiary, Poeticgem.

The total storage capacity of Poeticgem will now go up to over 90,000 sqft. Poeticgem is investing over 2.4 million pounds (approx. Rs 211 crore) for the acquisition. Read more about House of Pearl buys garment warehouse in UK …

07 DEC

YSR invites garment exporters to set up factories in State

YSR invites garment exporters to set up factories in State
Hindu, India

HYDERABAD: Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy has invited garment exporters to set up units in the State’s apparel parks and offered all incentives, including further reduction in power tariff.

After laying the foundation for a Rs. 25-crore apparel unit of Bangalore-based Gokaldas Exports Ltd, readymade garments major Shahi Exports and Textport Syndicate at Nacharam here on Wednesday, he said his Government had reduced power tariff to ensure that the State was the provider of cheapest energy in the country. Read more about YSR invites garment exporters to set up factories in State …