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Why Trashing Old Clothes Is So Bad For The Environment
Got old clothes you’re planning to trash? You have lots of company. In 2013 alone, Americans discarded 15.1 million tons of clothing and other textiles, and 85 percent of that wound up…
Cambodia raises 2017 minimum wage for textile industry workers
Industry has created 600,000 jobs that sustain rural families and have spurred years of robust growth PHNOM PENH, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Cambodia agreed on Thursday to raise to $153 from…
Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 12
Bangladesh garment factory fire kills at least 12 A fire broke out in a garment packaging factory just outside the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses…
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Three Years after Rana Plaza
On the morning of April 24th, 2013, thousands of men, women, and children were at work inside Rana…
Cambodia raises 2017 minimum wage for textile industry workers
Industry has created 600,000 jobs that sustain rural families and have spurred years of robust growth PHNOM…
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17. April 2016
India is rounding up a gang to clean the Ganges River and Germany just agreed to be a part of it
India and Germany will work together to refurbish the Ganges river. The two nations signed an agreement that will enable responsible stakeholders at national and state levels to apply an integrated approach…
25. April 2014
Repost: From Under the Rubble
The nine-storied Rana Plaza, housing six ready-made garments (RMG) factories, collapsed on 24th April 2013 at 8.57 am, after generators had kicked-in following a power-cut. Khowas Ali, a small-time trader in Savar…
16. March 2016
Whose backs are we standing on?
Written by Lewit Gemida Source: Global Citizen To many, child labor probably sounds like a thing of the past; a horrible consequence of rampant capitalism that countries like the United States managed…
26. April 2016
Three years after Rana Plaza disaster, has anything changed?
MUMBAI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Three years after the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh that killed more than 1,100 factory workers, the rights and safety of workers are in greater focus, but…
15. May 2016
Beyoncé clothing range is made by ‘sweat shop labourers on £4.30 a day’
Beyoncé’s new range of women’s sportswear is made using sweat shop labourers who earn as little as £4.30 a day, The Telegraph reports. The American pop star’s Ivy Park gym gear is…
17. May 2016
Does Beyoncé’s Ivy Park Line Exploit Sweatshop Workers?
The company responds to allegations After years of sweeping horrific labor practices under the rug, the media is finally starting to wake up. Several outlets are investigating the unjust treatment of factory…
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09 November 2017
Why Trashing Old Clothes Is So Bad For The Environment
Got old clothes you’re planning to trash? You have lots of company. In 2013 alone, Americans discarded 15.1 million tons of clothing and other textiles, and 85 percent of that wound up…
10 October 2016
Cambodia raises 2017 minimum wage for textile industry workers
Industry has created 600,000 jobs that sustain rural families and have spurred years of robust growth PHNOM PENH, Sept 29 (Reuters) – Cambodia agreed on Thursday to raise to $153 from…
30 September 2016
Bangladesh garment factory fire kills 12
Bangladesh garment factory fire kills at least 12 A fire broke out in a garment packaging factory just outside the Bangladeshi capital on Saturday, killing at least 12 people, police and witnesses…
10 September 2016
H&M factories in Myanmar employed 14-year-old workers
Fashion retail giant says it has taken action against its two factories after new book in Sweden raises fears about working conditions in the country Swedish fashion chain H&M worked with…
23 August 2016
Fire at “Ready Made Garments”-factory doused after 15 hours
After 15-hour of frantic effort, 13 units of fire service members doused the fire which broke out at Tropical Knitex factory in Chandra area under Kaliakoir upazila of the district early Saturday,…
23 August 2016
Two Faced Tragedy in Bangladesh
Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka is forced on her knees. The garment industry is ubiquitous with poor worker conditions, corruption, bad infrastructure and an environment in disrepair. The recent terror attack is another slap…
27 July 2016
These are the brands not telling you if their clothes are ethically made
Topshop, ASOS, Adidas and Ralph Lauren all scored really badly. Fashion Revolution and Ethical Consumer partnered up to create a Fashion Transparency Index that ranks companies according to the level of transparency…
23 July 2016
Brexit’s impact on vulnerable workers in global supply chains
Workers in a garments factory in Vietnam courtesy of the ILO Post Brexit, ETI’s Executive Director Peter McAllister has been thinking about the fallout for workers, their wages and their rights. He…
19 July 2016
Rana Plaza Owner, 17 Others Indicted in Connection with Factory Collapse
Eighteen suspects were charged in a Dhaka court on Tuesday with violating Bangladesh’s building laws by allegedly colluding to construct the Rana Plaza garment factory complex against code, before it collapsed, killed…
18 June 2016