| 单词 | garment industry |
| 例句 | His father, Isadore, was a union organizer in the garment industry who later went to work sewing shoulder pads for ladies’ dresses. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The most important consequence of the miracle of the garment industry, though, was what happened to the children growing up in those homes where meaningful work was practiced. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z The garment industry was boot camp for the professions. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z This was the second great advantage of the garment industry. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z My father was drafted into the Navy, and Mama and my sisters all got jobs in the garment industry. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z “The conditions in the garment industry were every bit as bad,” Soyer goes on. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z But once they're out, often the only professional choice they have is the garment industry. 'Threadbare's' investigative comics explore the hard choice some women face between sweatshops and sex work 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z "Threadbare" looks at the garment industry — what is essentially one of the top employers of women on the planet, and one with a generally poor track record when it comes to wages and conditions. 'Threadbare's' investigative comics explore the hard choice some women face between sweatshops and sex work 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z My sense is that its a losing battle to use zoning and land use law to maintain the garment industry in mid-town Manhattan. A Debate Over the Home of New York’s Fashion Industry 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Like many generations of New Yorkers in the garment industry, Ms. Aviles came to the United States as an immigrant — in her case, from Colombia. Arming a Chorus of Women with Scissors 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z Didn’t the garment industry also function as a creative resource? Anna Sui, Fashion’s Favorite Daughter, Gets Her Day in the Sun 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z Mr. Fiandaca, the third generation of his family working in the garment industry, grew up in Boston. The Dresser Behind Ann Romney 2012-10-12T23:58:55Z Mr. Ash, who legally shortened his name, was a cutter in the garment industry but hated the work. Paul Ash, President of Music Store Chain, Dies at 84 2014-02-11T02:14:50Z It was the deadliest garment industry accident in modern history. Why Won’t We Learn from the Survivors of the Rana Plaza Disaster? 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z For the garment industry, the reason for a fake pocket is simple. The reason dresses and jeans have fake pockets 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z On one hand, the garment industry provides millions of desperately needed jobs and empowers women who otherwise might be unemployed. Top 5 investigative videos of the week: Some rich people are just jerks 2013-05-12T17:00:00Z President Clinton is focusing on the garment industry and all that. AP Interview: Wyclef Jean's vision for Haiti 2010-08-06T11:07:00Z On a humid evening in early October, workers from across the garment industry gathered for a panel discussion at the Retail Action Project’s Midtown West office in New York City. Sexy, seventeen, taken advantage of: How do we protect teen models? 2014-04-02T17:27:00Z Born in Villa María, Argentina, Mr. Veneciano was raised in Los Angeles; his father started as a truck driver in the garment industry and ended up running his own business. Former Chief at El Museo del Barrio to Lead Museum of Arts and Design 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z "I've been writing about the garment industry and worker conditions in Cambodian factories and worker conditions at fast fashion factories for years," she says. 'Threadbare's' investigative comics explore the hard choice some women face between sweatshops and sex work 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Apart from working in the fields, the vast garment industry is the biggest source of female employment. Virginity for sale: inside Cambodia's shocking trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z In Weidman’s novel, the main character, a garment industry climber named Harry Bogen, is an impenitent snake, a moral bottom feeder who knows no bottom. ‘I Can Get It for You Wholesale’ Review: Rag Trade Revival, Recut for Today 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z This time, by selecting a low-key veteran such as Shoji, the dress served as a celebration of the workaday traditions and longevity of this country’s garment industry. The flowing diplomacy of the first lady’s dress at the Japan State Dinner 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z By broad consensus, Mr. Bernbaum, a natty former garment industry executive who, as part of his post-retirement second act, bought an Upper East Side building, was a curmudgeon. He Banned the Yahoos and Kept the Social X-Rays Fed 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z Initially, almost 90 percent of the workers were of Portuguese descent, a population with deep roots in the region and the garment industry. Joseph Abboud’s suits aren’t hip, but they’re made in America. Can that make them cool? 2017-11-20T05:00:00Z His mother took jobs in the garment industry and later in a candy shop. The Dramas and Intrigues of Louis Kahn, Monumental Architect 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z After college and a few years of being chewed up by the garment industry, a series of life events forced me to stop and reimagine my entire career. What My Wedding Dress Means to Me 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z The garment industry itself was built by immigrants, Ms. Mallis noted of a business that continues to be one of the city’s top economic drivers. Fashion Statement: Dissent on the Runway 2017-02-01T05:00:00Z Wolfe is working on another labor-themed project: an orchestral and choral work that explores women’s labor issues in factories, with a focus on New York’s garment industry. 'Anthracite Fields' composer Julia Wolfe says MacArthur grant will bring 'time and space' 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z A veteran style writer links our wardrobes to economic and climate crises, rooting the state of fashion in the history of the garment industry. 12 New Books We Recommend This Week 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Max Osterweis, of Suno, happened on a great idea while he was traveling in Kenya — to build a collection that celebrated its textiles and helped revive a garment industry there. New York Fashion Week: The Next Wave 2010-09-09T07:53:00Z It will focus on the female-dominated garment industry, covering subjects like production, shifting work force demographics, the role of female organizers and labor unions. New-York Historical Society to Open Women’s History Center 2015-10-07T04:00:00Z Revelations of egregious failures within the garment industry still emerge on a regular basis. H&M’s Different Kind of Clickbait 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z We have it in our head that cheap is democratic; meanwhile the American garment industry has been so badly hit. Cheap chic ruined us 2012-06-13T11:45:00Z It was an essential moment in bringing labor conditions in the developing world — specifically in the garment industry — to the attention of the American public. Sweatshops still make your clothes 2013-03-21T15:36:00Z It appeared to be something of a mystery: a little photo album that had fallen into the hands of a New York garment industry executive with debts to pay off. In Hours, Online Readers Identify Nazi Photographer 2011-06-24T23:43:52Z The son of a garment industry executive, Samuel Simon was born June 6, 1955, and raised in Beverly Hills. Sam Simon, co-creator of ‘The Simpsons,’ dies at 59 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z In Haiti, a low-wage subcontracting hub for the garment industry, Constant worked with her mother, Jane Constant, in a factory producing elaborately beaded wedding dresses and other items. An Artist Who Blends Secular and Sacred (With Sequins) 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z After working as an artist for the Works Progress Administration in Chicago, she moved to New York, working on costume jewelry for the garment industry. June Wayne, Painter and Printmaker, Dies at 93 2011-08-28T00:23:03Z Mr. Ortenberg became a garment industry executive through connections he made in college. Arthur Ortenberg, a Liz Claiborne Founder, Dies at 87 2014-02-05T05:55:51Z The garment industry is a business so often accused of waste and of bad attitudes toward fair trade and labor. A Matchmaker Helps Artisans Find Luxury Jobs 2012-11-15T04:31:19Z Rukhsana began working in the garment industry shortly after her husband died seven years ago. Who Made Your Clothes? 2019-12-19T05:00:00Z “It’s unfathomable to many people that the same dynamic interdependency exists in the garment industry.” The Gimlet Eye: New York?s Garment District Still Thrives 2010-04-28T20:01:00Z Who am I to point a finger at the oil, airline, and garment industries? How to debate climate change deniers (without scaring them off) 2014-03-02T14:30:00Z David grew up in a noisy family home in Brooklyn, the son of a garment industry worker. Preeetty good. Larry’s back and still misanthropic after all these years 2017-09-16T04:00:00Z I was going there for several months but then found work in the garment industry. Meet the L.A. household worker taking on the toxic cleaning industry 2017-09-17T04:00:00Z He questions development plans that looked to low-wage garment industry jobs as a source of economic recovery. A journalist at the epicenter of Haiti’s ordeal 2013-01-10T00:50:11Z His publications included the garment industry trade magazine American Fabrics and the elegant, short-lived men’s fashion title Gentry — and they made him a millionaire. Television: PBS to Show Ken Burns Films on William Segal 2010-07-31T03:36:00Z Simon grew up comfortably in Beverly Hills, but his father was in the garment industry, not show biz. ‘Simpsons’ co-creator finds the funny in cancer 2013-08-28T22:35:38Z Serafin sold hangers, elastic and wiring to the garment industry, and had been trying to unload the half a pallet of hand sanitizer that helped fuel the flames. Under the 10 Freeway: Immigrant businesses scraped by while landlord dodged Caltrans 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z The garment industry accounts for more than 80 percent of Bangladesh’s annual exports of about $55 billion, and it is seen as the key driver of Bangladesh’s economic growth in recent decades. Workers Making Clothes for Top Brands Reject a Proposal: $113 a Month 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Low wages have helped Bangladesh build its garment industry, with some 4,000 factories employing 4 million workers, supplying brands such as H&M and GAP. One killed in Bangladesh as garment workers clash with police over pay rise - police 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The Felkers planned to live off the income from the building when they retired two years ago — David from his job as a computer technician and Lisa as a pattern maker in the garment industry. L.A. tenants welcomed the rent freeze, but landlords are tired of restrictions 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z The EU's stance is that companies should continue sourcing from Myanmar, where the garment industry is a key employer, with more than 500 factories producing clothes and shoes for big brands. H&M probes alleged Myanmar factory abuses as pressure intensifies 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z Jewish people were especially active in the garment industry in places like New York City. World History: from 1400 2022-12-14T00:00:00Z The plan creates zoning for 100,000 more residential units downtown, and would have allowed residential development in areas traditionally occupied by the garment industry, sparking concerns of displacement and job loss. The garment industry, excluded from downtown planning, finally gets to have its say 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z He ruled over the garment industry, bookmaking and many other mob businesses, operating out of his modest home in northeastern Pennsylvania. LOVERRO: Mafioso tells author in new book that crime boss leaned on Unitas, Ali 2023-05-10T04:00:00Z His father was a production manager in the garment industry and later at an electrical appliance factory. Roy Saltman, Who Warned About Hanging Chads, Dies at 90 2023-05-05T04:00:00Z While the garment industry has made strides to improve safety, hundreds of people have still died in fires in other sectors during recent years. Bangladesh shopping centre fire doused after 27 hours 2023-04-16T04:00:00Z But the country’s massive garment industry, which experienced massive disasters including devastating fires in the past, has improved significantly over the last decade. Fire races through clothing market in Bangladesh capital 2023-04-03T04:00:00Z The garment industry’s workers primarily live in the Westlake and MacArthur Park neighborhoods, two of the last affordable areas in the city. The garment industry, excluded from downtown planning, finally gets to have its say 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z With no high school education, he cleaned toilets and later worked in the garment industry. A Mexican masked man fights for immigrant worker rights, in the streets and on the radio 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z In the garment industry, U.S. manufacturers might have felt most threatened by foreign competition on more labor-intensive products, which were disproportionately women’s products. Opinion | What women’s underwear tells us about our trade system 2023-02-09T05:00:00Z He built a successful career in the garment industry, manufacturing clothing for export. Álvaro Colom, Guatemalan President Who Fought for the Indigenous, Dies at 71 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z The dress expresses that desire for unity, hints at a new beginning and offers a nod of respect to the American garment industry. Perspective | Jill Biden’s inauguration dresses get their place in history 2023-01-25T05:00:00Z Displacing the garment industry would force those workers, many of whom cannot afford a car, to move or face impractically long bus commutes. The garment industry, excluded from downtown planning, finally gets to have its say 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z Labels from famous brands were found in the rubble, casting a harsh light on the garment industry and prompting politicians and rights groups around the world to press for more corporate responsibility. French Food Giant Danone Sued Over Plastic Use Under Landmark Law 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z The garment industry accounts for 85% of Bangladesh export income, with more than 12 million Bangladeshis dependent on the sector. Fashion brands paid Bangladesh factories less than cost - report 2023-01-08T05:00:00Z Bangladesh's economic mainstay is the export-oriented garment industry, which is bracing for a slowdown as big customers like Walmart are saddled with excess stocks as inflation forces people to prioritise their spending. IMF agrees $4.5 billion Bangladesh support programme 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z Such blackouts and long power cuts, sometimes for as long as 10 hours a day, affect businesses including the garment industry, which accounts for 80% of exports. Bangladesh balances energy needs with climate, conservation 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The Los Angeles Metro Area accounted for 58% of registered garment industry contractors in the nation. The garment industry, excluded from downtown planning, finally gets to have its say 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z African American women, who faced discrimination due to both their race and gender, found a few job opportunities in the garment industry or laundries, but were more often employed as maids and domestic servants. U.S. History 2014-12-30T00:00:00Z Bangladesh’s garment industry, which brings in more than 80% of foreign currency from exports, is heavily dependent on China for raw materials. Bangladesh seeks China help to repatriate Rohingya refugees 2022-08-07T04:00:00Z He said that South Korean investments have grown rapidly in Indonesia’s steel, petrochemical, electric vehicle battery, communications and garment industries. S. Korean, Indonesian leaders agree to boost economic ties 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z Rising fuel prices are cutting into the garment industry’s profit margins. Bangladesh Seeks I.M.F. Loan as Inflation Rocks South Asia 2022-07-27T04:00:00Z Putting the garment industry at risk not only puts people out of work, but also jeopardizes affordability in Los Angeles. The garment industry, excluded from downtown planning, finally gets to have its say 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z The report was based on the garment industry in Leicester, which has a history of underpaying workers. Fear prevents workers reporting low pay - report 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z A flurry of tragedies a decade ago shined a spotlight on the country’s ready-made garment industry and the lax enforcement of safety rules. 49 killed and hundreds injured in Bangladesh container depot fire 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z In the country’s massive garment industry, which employs about 4 million people, safety conditions have improved significantly after massive reforms, but experts say accidents could still occur if other sectors do not make similar changes. Depot fire latest to spotlight Bangladesh industrial safety 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z Cotton from Xinjiang is widely used in the global garment industry. ‘Escalation of Secrecy’: Global Brands Seek Clarity on Xinjiang 2022-05-27T04:00:00Z Yohan Lawrence, secretary general of the Joint Apparel Association Forum, which represents the country’s garment industry, urged stakeholders to come up with a “viable and long-term solution.” Sri Lanka business leaders demand end to political impasse 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z The European Commission rules also seek to contain the release of microplastics and improve global labor conditions in the garment industry. EU proposes new rules to discourage disposable fast fashion 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z Exports, especially from the garment industry, form the backbone of Bangladesh’s economy and employ millions of women. 49 killed and hundreds injured in Bangladesh container depot fire 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z For two months, its entire garment industry shut down, save a few factories that pivoted to producing masks and other protective gear. Women of Lesotho’s garment industry lose jobs, hope in COVID 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z His parents, Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, worked in the garment industry, and his father became a labor organizer. Bernard Nussbaum, embattled White House counsel under Clinton, dies at 84 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The garment industry is Sri Lanka’s highest foreign exchange earner, accounting for more than $5 billion in annual income. Sri Lanka business leaders demand end to political impasse 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Haitian officials have in the past said that increasing wages by too much would leave the garment industries at risk of losing competitiveness with respect to other countries such as the neighboring Dominican Republic. Haiti hikes minimum wage by up to 54% following worker protests 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z At the same time commercial rents were soaring and the city’s garment industry had all but disappeared, large loft-like spaces given over to corporate offices. Why the Woman Who Dressed ‘The Gilded Age’ Is on the Verge of Giving Up 2022-01-21T05:00:00Z Experts are uncertain about the garment industry’s future — both in Lesotho and globally. Women of Lesotho’s garment industry lose jobs, hope in COVID 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Labor advocates point to new measures taking effect in January to toughen enforcement of workplace health and safety rules, outlaw piecework in the garment industry and rein in unsafe speed quotas at warehouses. How will California's workplace laws change in 2022? More protections are coming 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z It also becomes the first state to require the garment industry to pay workers by the hour. Bringing home the bacon tops new California laws in 2022 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Women and girls are disproportionately affected by contemporary forms of slavery, with females predominantly filling jobs in demanding sectors such as plantation, garment industry and domestic labor, he said. UN expert: Contemporary forms of slavery exist in Sri Lanka 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The “Made in Korea” green tracksuits and pink boiler suits worn by characters in the show have proven a pre-Halloween bright spot for the South Korean garment industry struggling during the health crisis. 'Squid Game' mania has shoppers snapping up Vans' white slip-on shoes 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z The South Korean garment industry had been in decline even before the pandemic with higher wage levels making it difficult to compete with China, Vietnam or Indonesia. High demand for 'Squid Game' tracksuits cheers S.Korea's struggling garment sector 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z “The garment industry has been open all this time throughout the pandemic,” he said. ‘Marginalized’: Women trail men in some vaccine efforts 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill on Monday that will ensure thousands of workers in the garment industry are paid a minimum wage by the hour instead of a piece-rate compensation. Aurora Cannabis targets more cost cuts on path to profitability 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Los Angeles has the highest concentration of garment industry workers in the United States with some 2,000 manufacturers employing more than 40,000 workers, according to workers rights organization the Garment Worker Center. California to require garment industry to pay hourly wages to workers 2021-09-28T04:00:00Z Factory owners in California’s garment industry have gotten away with illegally paying workers below-minimum wages for decades. 'Basic human dignity': California bill requiring hourly wage for garment workers passes Assembly 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z The garment industry relies on a complex web of contractors and manufacturers to deliver apparel to fashion brands. Wage theft is a problem for L.A. garment workers. A California bill aims to fix it. Again 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z A new agreement intended to protect workers in the Bangladeshi garment industry was unveiled Wednesday, after months of deadlock between international fashion retailers and trade unions and local factory owners. International brands sign new accord to protect garment workers in Bangladesh 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The transformation was largely spurred by the collapse of the garment industry. Why Some People in Chinatown Oppose a Museum Dedicated to Their Culture 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z They follow the garment industry, a mainstay of the economy, which reopened two weeks ago. Bangladesh, Citing Economic Pain, Reopens Amid Worst Covid Wave Yet 2021-08-11T04:00:00Z The next April, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building killed 1,134 people in the garment industry’s biggest disaster in Bangladesh. Dozens Die as Another Factory Fire Strikes Bangladesh 2021-07-09T04:00:00Z The 73-year-old, detained since December, built his fortune in the garment industry before founding Apple Daily and its parent company, Next Digital. Hong Kong police raid newspaper offices, arrest editors, executives under security law 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The garment industry has become the foundation of the economy for the country of 166 million people. International brands sign new accord to protect garment workers in Bangladesh 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z The government also announced that it would be ramping up efforts to target abuses specifically in the garment industry, following reports of serious problems including modern slavery, exploitation and other labour abuses. Workers watchdog launched to clampdown on abuse 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z Around that time, thousands of internal migrant workers employed in Myanmar’s garment industry fled back to their home villages, after a massacre in the industrial neighborhood of Hlaing Tharyar. As Myanmar unravels after military coup, people flee cities for rural backwaters 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Its ready-made garment industry is considered second only to China’s. At Least 10 Killed in Protests Against Modi’s Visit to Bangladesh 2021-03-27T04:00:00Z The garment industry sparked a boom in exports. Idle businesses, uncollected taxes. How Myanmar is tumbling toward a 'failed state' 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Millions have risen out of poverty as the country has unexpectedly become one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies thanks to sectors like its garment industry, which clothes millions around the world. Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Millions have risen out of poverty as the country has unexpectedly become one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies thanks to sectors like its garment industry, which clothes millions around the world. Born in war, Bangladesh marks 50 years of independence 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z The garment industry plays a key role in Myanmar’s economy, particularly the export sector. Garment workers in Myanmar fight for democracy, livelihoods 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z The incident put the inadequacy of fire codes and safety equipment on national display, and Morgan, who had himself once worked in Cleveland’s booming garment industry, decided to try his hand at an effective mask. Black Inventor Garrett Morgan Saved Countless Lives with Gas Mask and Improved Traffic Lights 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z While Lesotho’s garment industry might be lesser known compared to the powerhouses of China and Bangladesh, it’s another example of an economy heavily reliant on U.S. demand. Pandemic crushes global supply chains, workers at both ends 2020-12-22T05:00:00Z Allegations such as these are not confined to the garment industry. Indian factory workers supplying major brands allege routine exploitation 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z Furs are sold to the garment industry but also used in some false eyelash products. Coronavirus: Denmark shaken by cull of millions of mink 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Both countries enjoy warm bilateral relationship, with France, which is the fourth biggest export destination for Bangladesh’s ready-made garment industry. End ties with France in 24 hours, Bangladesh Islamist group tells government 2020-11-02T05:00:00Z It was an industrial hub for the garment industry, a center for the production of shirts, shirtwaists, collars and cuffs, and was once home to foundries that made bells and firms that crafted precision instruments. The politics of cultural despair: That's what's killing us, not Donald Trump 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z It said it recognised that this was a widespread issue in the garment industry and committed to establishing and funding a Garment & Textiles Community Trust governed by independent trustees to address hardship. Boohoo review finds 'many failings' in Leicester supply chain 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z The garment industry draws more attention because it's driven by exports and counts some of the world's biggest brands as among its clients. Indian factory workers supplying major brands allege routine exploitation 2020-11-16T05:00:00Z First, you needed to be familiar with the garment industry — ideally, already working in it. The mask barons of Etsy 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z The garment industry says few workers in its factories have fallen ill thanks to precautions such as employing fewer people on the production lines and imposing safety guidelines. Bangladesh economy shows early signs of pandemic recovery 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z Millward said foreign companies would need to “ramp up due diligence” to keep forced labour out of their supply chains, particularly in the garment industry. Apple imported clothes from Xinjiang firm facing US forced labour sanctions 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z The drop in foreign orders is devastating workers in the Southeast Asian country, which counts on the garment industry for 40% of its economic output. They escaped the worst of COVID-19. Now Cambodians face a debt crisis 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z But Leicester, England — which is known for its garment industry — was forced to do so after a severe outbreak among heavily nonwhite areas of the city, according to the medical journal Lancet. L.A. may face a grim distinction: the biggest U.S. city with a second stay-home order 2020-07-21T04:00:00Z Speaking about his time in the garment industry, Tzul says it’s impossible to build up any savings doing such low-paying work. Covid-19 sparked a mask-making boom in LA. Then the workers themselves got sick 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Bangladesh relies on the garment industry for more than 80% of its exports and its 4,000 factories employ 4 million people, many of whom are single mothers and young women. Anger at huge shareholder payout as US chain Kohl's cancels $150m in orders 2020-06-10T04:00:00Z His father worked in the garment industry, and his mother was a homemaker who once sold tickets at a Broadway theater. Bruce Jay Friedman, novelist, playwright with an edge of ‘black humor,’ dies at 90 2020-06-04T04:00:00Z The garment industry was given an exemption from the lockdown. How quiet high streets put Bangladesh jobs at risk 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z Federal statistics show that basic labor protections are hard to find in the L.A. garment industry. The sweatshops are still open. Now they make masks 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z Instead, a suspension of Chinese imports is threatening the livelihoods of the roughly one in five people in Myanmar who work in the bag, shoe and garment industries. The Virus Is Coming to Myanmar, but the Pain Has Already Begun 2020-03-27T04:00:00Z She also declared a stimulus package for the country’s export-oriented manufacturers, including the large garment industry, to help pay millions of workers. Bangladesh’s leader urges all citizens to stay at home 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z “We live in a world of excess, and it’s very apparent when you work in any part of the garment industry,” said Belden. Billings company seeks to keep clothing out of landfills 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z It is horrible for me to know that people of my heritage are being abused by the garment industry to produce clothes for people in the west who don’t care about their wellbeing. 'I wear my grandad’s old boxers': meet the people who haven't bought clothes for a decade 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z Since the Rana disaster, considered the deadliest in the garment industry’s history, Bangladesh has experienced one of the most effective campaigns of the globalized era to improve labor and safety conditions. After Factory Disaster, Bangladesh Made Big Safety Strides. Are the Bad Days Coming Back? 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Decades after jobs in the city’s once-thriving garment industry began moving offshore and then all but disappeared, White and co-founder Dominick Davis are part of a fledgling movement bringing it back. Young designers fuel revival of Baltimore’s garment industry 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Bangladesh’s garment industry is the world’s second largest after China’s. Bangladesh’s leader urges all citizens to stay at home 2020-03-25T04:00:00Z The garment industry is Cambodia’s largest employer, generating $7 billion for the economy each year. Cambodia garments, possibly losing EU trade status, now hit by coronavirus 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z But in the past few years, it’s also become a hub for the garment industry. Ski wear company Arctica grows SW Wisconsin garment district 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z After Rana Plaza, a common standard was reached on structural fire and electrical safety in the garment industry. After Factory Disaster, Bangladesh Made Big Safety Strides. Are the Bad Days Coming Back? 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z More than half of its lost jobs were in the garment industry. California lost more manufacturing jobs to China than any other state, report says 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z The name dates to 1915, when William Fox, a Hungarian immigrant, left the fur and garment industry to start a motion picture company. Disney Drops Fox From Names of Studios It Bought From Rupert Murdoch 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z The collection shows Kennedy’s intelligence, compassion and sense of humor, said Ronnie Paloger, a retired garment industry sales rep who spent years accumulating the collection. Extensive collection of JFK memorabilia hits auction block 2020-01-13T05:00:00Z New prints inspired by the garment industry and an important retrospective for a key L.A. painter. Datebook: How Analia Saban's prints highlight a hidden part of the garment industry 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z The neighborhood was dominated by the garment industry: wash houses, fabric cutters and dye shops. After 9 years on L.A.’s streets, Big Mama needed a home. But it wasn't that easy 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z But Ms Kyritsis says that the country's garment industry can't use the excuse that at least it is providing a livelihood where none else might be available. The real cost of buying cheap clothes 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z Ms Hamnett fears that the garment industry would end up paying workers even less to absorb the tax. Katharine Hamnett: Fashion tax is 'stupid' 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z The global garment industry is defined by exploitative labor conditions that render workers — particularly queer workers — vulnerable to abuse. Opinion | As brands keep wading in, it’s time to ask: Is Pride for sale? 2019-06-20T04:00:00Z But there’s more to it: El Monte was once home to a bustling garment industry that was sometimes coupled with bleak working conditions. With fewer skilled stitchers to hire, Seattle-based gear company expands elsewhere 2019-06-14T04:00:00Z A report by the University of Sheffield said that, despite ambitious public commitments by clothing companies to deliver living wages to workers, low pay continued to be the status quo in the garment industry. Low pay in the garment industry still a reality despite pledges – study 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z “The unfortunate reality is that there are not many unions left in the garment industry and so the name was cultivated as a signifier of well-made and aesthetically timeless goods,” explains a spokesperson. Don't be fooled: Joe Biden is no friend of unions | Gabriel Winant 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z The threat of the Accord's Dhaka office being forced to close coincides with a crackdown on worker protests across the garment industry. 6 years after Rana Plaza collapse, an accord to improve Bangladesh’s worker safety is in jeopardy 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Until 21 July at the New York Historical Society in New York, this exhibition follows the progress made by the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union, which helped to shape women’s rights in the garment industry. Women's History Month: the best exhibitions across the US 2019-03-14T04:00:00Z Less than a year after that, an even deadlier disaster struck the garment industry, when an eight-story building in a Dhaka suburb collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people. Scores Dead in Bangladesh Fire: ‘This Isn’t About Poverty, It’s About Greed’ 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z International pressure on the garment industry to improve conditions for workers grew after more than 1,100 peopled died in the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh in 2013. Low pay in the garment industry still a reality despite pledges – study 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z Pay is to rise this month as the government increases the minimum wage in the garment industry to 8,000Tk a month. 'Inhuman conditions': life in factory making Spice Girls T-shirts 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z The garment industry accounts for 80% of Bangladesh’s exports, employing more than 4 million workers. Revealed: Spice Girls T-shirts made in factory paying staff 35p an hour 2019-01-20T05:00:00Z The ready-made garment industry is hugely important to the economy of Bangladesh. Bangladesh clothing factories: Are they safe now? 2018-12-30T05:00:00Z Over the same period, annual sales of its economic mainstay, the garment industry, nearly trebled, with garment exports worth $30.6 billion in 2017/18, making up 83.5 percent of total exports. Bangladesh votes in general election; PM Hasina expected to hold power 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Tom Hunt, the deputy director of Speri, said the global garment industry was “extremely profitable” but workers in the supply chains were not benefiting from the value they are creating. Low pay in the garment industry still a reality despite pledges – study 2019-05-30T04:00:00Z After agriculture, the garment industry is the second-largest employer in India, supplying to global clothing giants. Despite #MeToo wave in India, women in low-wage jobs still suffer widespread harassment 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Once a bustling city with 50,000 manufacturing jobs — and nicknamed the jeans capital of the world for its thriving garment industry — El Paso was hit hard by the North American Free Trade Agreement. Beto O’Rourke Once Supported an El Paso Real Estate Deal. Barrio Residents Remember. 2018-10-29T04:00:00Z Saipan’s garment industry was shrinking by the early 2000s, and Song Yang left to become a waitress on the island. The Case of Jane Doe Ponytail 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z Bangladesh’s garment industry is the world’s second biggest after China’s. Bangladesh votes in general election; PM Hasina expected to hold power 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Jared Bissinger, an independent consultant who studies Myanmar’s garment industry, said that withdrawing trade preferences would deter foreign investors, especially from China. Myanmar’s Economy in Peril as EU Weighs Trade Punishment Over Rohingya 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z Back in Phnom Penh, Perk Chrep, a 30-year-old worker in Cambodia’s important garment industry, fretted that she had little choice in the electoral exercise. Cambodia Votes for a Leader, With the Result Predetermined by One 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z Both the Bangladesh government and peak bodies for the powerful garment industry have said they want the international agreements scrapped as soon as possible, insisting Bangladesh is ready to monitor safety itself. Brands including Ikea shun new safety accord after Rana Plaza disaster 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Representatives of the garment industry who served on that committee say the proposal is more palatable than the earlier plan, which sought to lift the preservation regulations and help businesses relocate to other emerging hubs. City Helps Manhattan’s Garment District Hang on by a Thread 2018-06-03T04:00:00Z Her mother worked for a while in the garment industry, where her paycheck was sometimes delayed if the designer didn’t pay her boss. Fighting to make sure janitors get a fair wage 2018-06-01T04:00:00Z Its government hopes the move will help nurture their garment industry and create more than 25,000 jobs. How the US and Rwanda have fallen out over second-hand clothes 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z On the fifth-floor lobby, a satellite view of the city cuts the topography out of denim, an ode to the earlier garment industry. You’re going where? El Paso, Texas 2018-05-16T04:00:00Z They point to the garment industry, which now employs thousands in part because of orders from Europe. Sanctions Risk Casts Shadow Over Myanmar’s Opening to the West 2018-04-20T04:00:00Z Vietnam’s huge garment industry, for example, relies greatly on fabric and accessories imported from China, according to garment manufacturing executives. Trump Weighs Return to Trans-Pacific Partnership. Not So Fast, Say Members. 2018-04-13T04:00:00Z It used to be all pre-war high-rises and industrial buildings but the garment industry, like everything else in the city, has largely moved out, unable to afford the rents. Vera Lutter's best photograph: the death knell for New York's Garment District 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z Its once-booming garment industry is in shambles as clothing brands left the country when factory fires highlighted unsafe working conditions. Monuments to the work of Bangladeshi migrants 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z Ms. Martinez helps people in the garment industry file claims for back pay with the state when their employers pay them less than they’re owed. Workplace Raids Signal Shifting Tactics in Immigration Fight 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z To survive, some have begun offloading their girls to work as maids for middle-class Bangladeshis, or in the local garment industry. Rohingya children fleeing Myanmar facing larger-than-life horror 2017-12-31T05:00:00Z Until the 1980s, east Africa’s garment industries prospered, producing clothing and shoes for both domestic and foreign markets. 'It's about our dignity': vintage clothing ban in Rwanda sparks US trade dispute | Lauren Gambino 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z He points to the global overhaul of the garment industry in the 1990s, when clothing producers began creating rapidly changing designs to follow trends. Under cover of darkness: inside São Paulo's vast illegal Feirinha night market 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z “His passion was the garment industry, and he loved New York,” Andrew Tolk said. Uber Driver Dies After Being Struck With Hockey Stick, Police Say 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z With specificity, he offers regulatory efforts that he argues would lead to “millions of illegal immigrants employed in the hospitality, meatpacking, agriculture, construction, and garment industries” being “replaced by citizens.” Right and Left Reacts to a Prospective DACA Deal Between Trump and the Democrats 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Even as clothing manufacturing has mostly moved overseas, Los Angeles still has a sizable garment industry. Essential California: Behind a $13 shirt, a $6-an-hour worker 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z He supports the nation’s attempt to replicate the success of nations such as China and his native South Korea, where he started his career in the garment industry decades ago. 'It's about our dignity': vintage clothing ban in Rwanda sparks US trade dispute | Lauren Gambino 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z It helped build an immigrant counterculture that, in turn, enabled sweatshop workers in the garment industry to begin to form unions that demanded — and won — higher pay and workplace protections. The backstory behind the unions that bought a Chicago Sun-Times stake 2017-08-06T04:00:00Z Mr. Tolk, his son said, was born in Brooklyn and worked in the garment industry for years before it collapsed, inspecting women’s sweaters before they were shipped to retailers like Walmart and Target. Uber Driver Dies After Being Struck With Hockey Stick, Police Say 2017-11-12T05:00:00Z As a labor advocate, I appreciated the foray into the Southeast Asian garment industry that the July 16 front-page article “Ivanka Inc.” made. Opinion | How outsourcing actually plays into ‘America first’ 2017-07-21T04:00:00Z The arrangement is simply a reality of the modern garment industry, they say. Buying Ivanka Trump: Fans embrace her brand as a political statement 2017-07-13T04:00:00Z PT Buma participates in Better Work, an international program to improve garment industry conditions, according to the Better Work website. Ivanka Inc. 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Ahmad, who also works in the local garment industry and who, like his wife and most of the workers at her PT Buma factory, is an observant Muslim, said: “We don’t like Donald Trump’s policies.” Revealed: reality of life working in an Ivanka Trump clothing factory 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z One man told me he liked the low prices, even as he complained about the goods’ poor quality — and the harm they did to the local garment industry. Is China the World’s New Colonial Power? 2017-05-02T04:00:00Z Thousands of garment industry workers in the impoverished South Asian nation gathered to demand better wages and legal protection. May Day marked with defiant rallies for worker rights 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z In the financially struggling garment industry, abuses are pervasive enough that the minister of economy, trade and industry promised an inquiry last year, during a debate in Parliament over expanding the trainee program. Japan’s Foreign ‘Trainees’ Work in a Place Trump May Envy 2017-02-10T05:00:00Z But now the troubled garment industry is getting a lifeline. New York Tries to Revive Garment Industry, Outside the Garment District 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z But Mr. Macklowe, the son of a garment industry executive who broke into the real estate business as a commercial broker, is more concerned about the here and now than the hereafter. Harry Macklowe on New York Real Estate 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z “It’s almost been a perfect storm for the garment industry,” said Ruben Rosalez, a regional administrator at the Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour division, based in San Francisco. The hidden cost of made-in-America retail bargains 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z About 4 million people are employed in the country’s garment industry, the second largest in the world. May Day marked with defiant rallies for worker rights 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Bangladesh’s garment industry, the world’s second largest after China, provides an economic lifeline for the impoverished country, accounting for some $25 billion in annual exports. Study: Thousands of Bangladesh kids working 64 hours a week 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The disaster highlighted the hazardous working conditions in Bangladesh’s garment industry and prompted promises of change from retailers including Gap, H&M, Walmart and others. Retail group approves Bangladesh factories as safety concerns persist, report finds 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Efforts are being made to get them into education but it's estimated that as many as 400,000 are working, many of them in the garment industry. The kids who have to sew to survive - BBC News 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z This was also the era of large-scale garment industry strikes led by women, such as the “Uprising of the 20,000” female garment workers in 1909. It Wasn’t Just Phyllis Schlafly Who Opposed the Equal Rights Amendment 2016-09-12T04:00:00Z It is also the worst industrial accident in Bangladesh since the 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building outside Dhaka that killed over 1,100 workers, who were mainly employed in the garment industry. Bangladesh factory fire kills at least 24, more than 30 injured 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z In 2013, the collapse of Rana Plaza, a building outside Dhaka, killed 1,135 workers mainly employed in the garment industry. Bangladesh factory fire kills 23, injures more than 24 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z “Someone from the garment industry called earlier today asking: ‘How long is this going to go on, because I’ve got clothing out there,’” Louttit said. Hanjin bankruptcy causes global shipping chaos, retail fears 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z I was in Istanbul investigating allegations that Syrian refugees and children are being exploited by the garment industry. The kids who have to sew to survive - BBC News 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z "Someone from the garment industry called earlier today asking: 'How long is this going to go on, because I've got clothing out there,'" Louttit said. Hanjin bankruptcy causes global shipping chaos, retail fears 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z “Someone from the garment industry called earlier today asking: ‘How long is this going to go on, because I’ve got clothing out there,'” Louttit said. Hanjin bankruptcy causes global shipping chaos, retail fears 2016-09-02T04:00:00Z While China is still the world's leading garments exporter, countries like Cambodia, Myanmar and Sri Lanka are challenging as alternative garment industry hubs. Islamist attack has Bangladesh clothing industry on edge - BBC News 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z They were all connected by the fabric of the Lower East Side: Each family had one parent working in the garment industry. Once Home, Now a Museum Display on Immigrant Life 2016-08-12T04:00:00Z A made-to-measure workforce for the garment industry, and a reminder that one person's plight is often another's opportunity. The kids who have to sew to survive - BBC News 2016-10-22T04:00:00Z “The development of seamless apparel is probably one of the fastest-growing segments of the garment industry because it reduces some labor in making the products,” Speizman said. Charlotte company helps protect Olympic rowers 2016-08-07T04:00:00Z The garment industry is particularly prone to abuse. Indian women braid straps for big brands in conditions 'worse than sweatshops' 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z Underpayment in the garment industry has long been a problem. Squeezed garment factories use check cashing services to mask true wages, workers say 2016-07-30T04:00:00Z They include teachers, school secretaries and garment industry workers. A Beach Club in Queens Where Every Summer Is the Same 2016-07-03T04:00:00Z Italian media said several of the Italians victims worked in the garment industry, and the attack will frighten expatriates working in the $26 billion garment sector that accounts for 80 percent of its exports. Bangladesh says gunmen behind restaurant killings local, some known 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Many trades were closed to Jews, but the garment industry seemed to belong to them. Fleeing the Czars, Defying Gravity: A Fourth of July Immigrant Tale 2016-07-01T04:00:00Z Working conditions in Sri Lanka's garment industry, which is largely organized, are "generally better" than in the rest of South Asia, the World Bank said in a report last month. Beyonce's Ivy Park apparel has 'rigorous ethical' program, retailer says 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z Even clothing companies firmly entrenched in the Southland said they've been affected by changes in the local garment industry. California minimum wage hike hits L.A. apparel industry: 'The exodus has begun' 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z Parts of Los Angeles’s garment industry, for example, might take the opportunity to move out of state — although there’s a trade-off if that puts them farther from their end markets. Calif. governor announces plan to raise minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022 2016-03-28T04:00:00Z His father, Bernard, a Jewish immigrant from Ukraine, worked in the garment industry on the Lower East Side while studying at night at Columbia University to be a pharmacist. Elliot Gant, Marketer of the Button-Down Shirt, Dies at 89 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z “It’s a kind of triangular bargaining that worked in the garment industry for years,” Lichtenstein said, referencing the “jobbers agreements” that arose in the 1920s. California bill seeks to bring collective bargaining to gig economy workers 2016-03-11T05:00:00Z There he inaugurated Patterns, a column about the Seventh Avenue garment industry, which he wrote until July 1992. Woody Hochswender, Fashion Reporter, Dies at 64 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z "The garment industry is gradually shrinking and that trend will likely continue." California minimum wage hike hits L.A. apparel industry: 'The exodus has begun' 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z But in the years after World War II, business began to falter, and Walter M. Aehlig, the owner of Max Herman and Company, wanted to leave the garment industry. A Columbia County Nest That Came Fully Feathered 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z It would also benefit Vietnam’s garment industry, at the expense of China. Vietnam hopes trade deal will tip balance toward U.S., away from China 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Such stories are common across Nigeria’s garment industry. In Nigeria, Chinese Investment Comes With a Downside 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z In 1964, she hitchhiked to New York City to establish herself as an artist and found work creating prints in the garment industry. The Green Queen of Brooklyn 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Bangladesh, a Muslim- majority country of about 160 million, is rapidly modernizing, its economy growing about 6 percent a year, bolstered by farming and a thriving garment industry. Foreigners restrict movements in Bangladesh after ISIS-claimed killings 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z Vietnam and its garment industry potentially stands to benefit most from an agreed upon Pacific Rim trade deal known as the Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP. Vietnam: From War Zone to the Belle of the Ball 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z More recently, she was disappointed by Washington’s cool response to her party’s controversial 2014 election victory, and by the withdrawal of trade preferences for the garment industry. Bangladesh Pushes Back as Warnings of ISIS Expansion Gather Steam 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z The killings spooked the country's expatriate community and threatened its fragile economy, which is heavily reliant on foreign aid and a $25 billion garment industry supplying clothing for international brands. Police arrest 4 suspects in killing of Italian aid worker in Bangladesh's capital 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z Its economy depends on the garment industry that supplies international clothing brands. Expats spooked after 2 foreigners gunned down in Bangladesh 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z The country’s vast garment industry, a key foreign exchange earner and employer, depends to a large extent on western clients who travel to Bangladesh to arrange deals and inspect factories. Isis claims responsibility for shooting dead Italian in Bangladesh 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Rana Plaza Factory A factory building outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed in 2013, killing more than 1,000 workers in the deadliest disaster in the history of the garment industry. Corporate scandals and how (not) to handle them 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The fire is one of several disasters that exposed harsh and unsafe working conditions in the garment industry. Bangladesh Court Indicts Owners in Deadly 2012 Factory Fire 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z The spread of the practice in the garment industry in the 1920s and 1930s helped inspire passage of the National Labor Relations Act, which created the NLRB, in 1935. NLRB case asks who's really the boss of subcontractors' workers 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z The basic wage of an worker in the garment industry, the city’s largest, is $128 a month. Inside Phnom Penh's empty new skyscraper: 'This is only for excellencies' 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z On the outskirts of Addis Ababa, the government recently built the $250 million Bole Lemmi industrial park exclusively for foreign investors in the garment industry. Search for Ever Cheaper Garment Factories Leads to Africa 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z The once-giant textile and garment industry, however, is mostly gone, a victim of Asian competition. The sweet spot 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z Farm work exposes children to harmful pesticides, and in Surat's garment industry, which manufactures saris and other traditional clothing sold across India, children work all-day shifts for as little as $1.50. Does India's new 'Make in India' campaign mean 'Made by Children?' 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The April 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza, located just outside the capital, Dhaka, highlighted grim conditions in Bangladesh’s garment industry. World Digest: June 1, 2015 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The April 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza, just outside Dhaka, highlighted grim conditions in Bangladesh's garment industry. Murder charges filed in deadly collapse of Bangladesh garment factory 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The April 2013 collapse of Rana Plaza, just outside Dhaka, highlighted the grim conditions in Bangladesh’s garment industry. Rana Plaza collapse: dozens charged with murder 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z The disaster drew attention to the poor working conditions in Bangladesh's garment industry, one of the world's largest. Bangladesh murder trial over Rana Plaza factory collapse - BBC News 2015-06-01T04:00:00Z "There is a feeling that if children are blocked from working, the garment industry or other industry might suffer," said Prabhat Kumar, child protection manager for the international charity Save the Children. Does India's new 'Make in India' campaign mean 'Made by Children?' 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z A great example of this is Bangladesh, where the minimum wage for garment industry workers is just $37 a month. 10 reasons Wal-Mart is the worst company in America 2015-05-25T04:00:00Z Foreign remittances account for the country's second-largest source of foreign currency, after the garment industry. Flight from Myanmar and Bangladesh leaves thousands adrift at sea 2015-05-20T04:00:00Z Bangladesh's $20 billion garment industry exports its products mainly to the United States and Europe. Image of Asia: Mourning dead in Bangladesh factory collapse 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z The tragedy shocked the world and shook Bangladesh’s booming garment industry, the world’s second largest after China’s. Two years after Bangladesh factory collapse, a struggle to set things right 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z Shahria Sharmin had gone to her husband’s factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, looking to tell a positive story about the garment industry, one that would offset negative public perceptions. Bangladesh's Third Gender 2015-03-18T04:00:00Z Two years ago, a similar collapse focused global attention on unsafe conditions in Bangladesh’s garment industry, which handles orders for many of the world’s top brands and retailers. Roof Collapse Kills Workers in Bangladeshi Cement Factory 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z China garment industry entrepreneur Li Rucheng, the chairman of China’s Youngor Group, reached the ranks of the world’s billionaires this week following gains in the share price of his Shanghai-listed conglomerate. China Garment Tycoon Li Rucheng Becomes Billionaire, Helped By Diversification 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z She could care less about the garment industry; there are real world issues that she wants to give attention to. Amal Alamuddin Clooney and the Rise of the Trophy Husband 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Before he retired, the 68-year-old worked in Hong Kong's garment industry. Who is still on Hong Kong's streets? 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z While the factories there did not produce H&M clothing, the retailer took the lead in a deal to encourage greater oversight of the garment industry there. Can cheap clothing generate fair wages? H&M believes it can. They helped to form a new foundation for our country in 20th-century arts, academia, journalism, politics, the garment industry, law, science and medicine. Obama's Immigration Reform Speaks to America's Immigrant Spirit 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z The Los Angeles garment industry runs on a system in which retailers order from manufacturers, who rely on a network of subcontractors to cut, dye, sew, trim and finish items. Southern California is hotbed for wage theft in garment industry 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z As with Bangladesh’s notorious ready-made garment industry, there’s a huge local cost. The Dark Stain on Bangladesh's $1 Billion Leather Export Industry 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z The sector currently accounts for about about 16% of the nation's total exports, in terms of value - making it bigger than its textile and garment industry. Samsung picks Vietnam for $3bn plant 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z His story starts with his parents, who like many Korean immigrants in Southern California during the 1970s were in the clothes and garment industry. Helping High-Net Worth Investors Protect Their Wealth 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z An oft-cited study of used clothing donations to Africa over a 20 year period found that charity was connected to a 50% reduction in garment industry jobs in the countries receiving donations. SuperMighty Promises To Turn Mobile Phone Gamers Into Micro-Philanthropists 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z "What garment industry never hired undocumented workers? What restaurant business doesn't hire undocumented workers?" Go figure: Indictment may not sink GOP's Grimm 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Survived a slump in the garment industry, which was ridden with an inventory glut, with an 18.56 percent increase in net profit. Forbes Asia Fab 50 2014: 12 Asian Companies That Are Stars In The Making 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z Labor leaders behind the biggest strikes in Cambodia's $5 billion garment industry knew last year they had a strong case for higher wages: they had already compared notes with activists in neighboring countries. Across Asia's borders, labor activists team up to press wage claims 2014-08-17T04:00:00Z The nearly 4 million workers in the Bangladeshi garment industry, 80% of whom are women, are the lifeblood of the country’s foreign revenues. Bangladeshi workers receive overdue pay after police break hunger strike 2014-08-11T04:00:00Z The minimum wage in the Bangladesh garment industry, for example, is equal to about $68 a month. Efforts to Clean Up 'Fast Fashion' Supply Chains Face a Tough Road 2014-07-16T04:00:00Z The garment industry accounts for 80 percent of Bangladesh's exports, and turmoil in the sector has put at risk the livelihoods of nearly 4 million garment workers, mostly women. Inspection tensions add to Bangladesh garment industry's woes 2014-06-24T04:00:00Z Assemblyman Mark Stone, D-Scotts Valley, said his bill addresses a broken system for low-wage workers such as janitors, restaurant workers and garment industry employees who are denied overtime, paid breaks and minimum wage protections. Bill lets employees place liens for unpaid wages 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z About two-thirds of the country’s 10 million people lack formal employment, and the garment industry is among the few formal sources of income. Haiti: Minimum Wage Increases 2014-05-06T04:01:30Z Then the Rana Plaza factory near Dhaka collapsed on April 24 last year, killing 1,129 workers in what was the worst disaster in garment industry history. Battling for a Safer Bangladesh 2014-04-22T01:39:19Z The Rana Plaza disaster was by no means an isolated incident in the history of Bangladesh's garment industry. Rising wages squeeze Bangladesh garment makers as factories await upgrades 2014-04-13T21:04:13Z H&M's Head of Sustainability Helena Helmersson said Bangladesh also needed to implement a national plan for inspections of the whole garment industry. H&M calls for faster factory inspections in Bangladesh 2014-04-10T13:44:57Z A case in point was the Finnish garment industry, which made nice profits for several decades and then collapsed almost totally in the 90s with its not-so-fashionable product lines. Finlandization Is Not a Perfect Recipe for Ukraine 2014-03-21T18:27:48Z Last year’s collapse killed more than 1,100 people and highlighted the grim conditions in Bangladesh’s garment industry, a major supplier to global fashion brands. Primark to Pay $9 Million to Bangladesh Victims 2014-03-18T14:05:10Z At first corporations embraced voluntary accords to address human rights concerns, starting with audits of fair labor standards after child labour scandals in the garment industry in the 1990s. Intel lead on conflict minerals helps, challenges other firms 2014-03-13T12:06:14Z The collapse of the Rana Plaza building on April 24, killing more than 1,100 workers, was the deadliest disaster in the history of the garment industry. First Companies Give to Fund for Victims of Bangladeshi Factory Collapse 2014-02-24T02:20:15Z New York Fashion Week and, you know, the garment industry in Bangladesh couldn’t seem further apart. Liposuction, eating disorders and sexual coercion: High fashion’s ugly secrets 2014-02-13T13:30:00Z The Tazreen fire was the country's deadliest garment factory fire, and brought attention to working conditions in the all-important garment industry. Dhaka fire factory owners surrender 2014-02-09T10:13:19Z The fire at the Tazreen factory was followed several months later by the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building, which killed 1,129, the deadliest disaster in the history of the garment industry. Owners of Bangladesh Factory Surrender in Deadly Fire 2014-02-09T14:52:51Z The 1999 U.S.-Cambodia Bilateral Textile Agreement promised Cambodia better access to American markets in exchange for improved working conditions in the garment industry. Today's Economist: The Challenges of Running Responsible Supply Chains 2014-02-07T05:01:49Z Her mother used to work in the garment industry before its rapid decline in the 1990s and her father manages a Chinatown restaurant that she says now serves non-Chinese communities. The slow decline of American Chinatowns 2014-02-04T21:05:21Z Late 2013 was marked by demonstrations over a disputed election and conditions in the garment industry. Cambodian filmmaker Rithy Panh's search for catharsis 2014-02-03T21:39:05Z The garment industry is worth $5 billion a year to Cambodia, one of the world's poorest countries. Cambodian forces open fire as factory strikes turn violent 2014-01-03T20:20:30Z About 500,000 Cambodian are employed in the garment industry, the country's biggest export earner. Three Dead in Cambodia Garment Strike 2014-01-03T07:42:11Z Better Work provides public factory-level assessments of garment industry conditions in eight nations, including Cambodia, Indonesia, Nicaragua and Haiti. Today's Economist: The Challenges of Running Responsible Supply Chains 2014-02-07T05:01:49Z Then, on April 24, the Rana Plaza factory complex collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people in the deadliest disaster in garment industry history, and destroying Phantom Tac and other operations in the building. Garment Makers Stumble on Call for Accountability 2013-12-31T01:04:48Z The incident sparked global outrage, prompting calls for better working conditions in the country's garment industry. Year in Pictures: Asia 2013 2013-12-31T00:31:16Z Bangladesh’s garment industry is the world’s second largest after China, worth some $20 billion annually, and is the mainstay of its economy, accounting for almost 80% of national exports. Tazreen Factory Owners Charged With Murder 2013-12-24T04:05:22Z The new fund is considered a landmark in compensating families of garment industry victims, in terms of both the amount to be paid and the sophistication of the arrangements. $40 Million in Aid Set for Bangladesh Garment Workers 2013-12-24T01:57:49Z Labor and State Department officials have encouraged retailers to participate in strengthening rules on factory conditions in Bangladesh — home to one of the largest and most dangerous garment industries. Buying Overseas Clothing, U.S. Flouts Its Own Advice 2013-12-23T03:54:09Z Eight months ago, the collapse of Rana Plaza became the deadliest disaster in the history of the garment industry and many of the survivors still face an uncertain future. After Collapse, Bleak Struggle 2013-12-19T02:53:02Z Moreover, big retailers are drawn to low production prices made possible by the lowest minimum wage of any major garment industry—but Mr. Hossain aspires to pay his workers more. Reality Squeezes Startup in Bangladesh 2013-11-20T01:45:40Z The ILO report follows a series of disasters in Bangladesh's garments factories Bangladesh must introduce sweeping reforms in its garment industry to maintain economic growth, the International Labour Organization says. Dhaka urged to reform garment sector 2013-11-19T06:03:16Z Wal-Mart spokesman Kevin Gardner said the retailer "continues to work with other stakeholders in encouraging the Bangladesh government to review minimum wages for workers in the garment industry to ensure worker needs are met." Bangladesh poised to hike garment wages, but may not end strikes 2013-10-21T05:23:55Z With a staggering death toll of more than 1,100 people, the April 24 Rana Plaza disaster held the world’s attention to the dangers of Bangladesh’s garment industry as never before. In Bangladesh, Tazreen Factory Fire Victims Sadly Neglected 2013-09-20T05:50:20Z The garment industry, meanwhile, says it's offering people alternatives to factory work, but many of the injured aren't well enough to leave hospital yet. Dhaka factory collapse missing 'not dead' 2013-09-16T23:23:10Z But there are few other job opportunities for the garment industry's four million-strong workforce. Reality Squeezes Startup in Bangladesh 2013-11-20T01:45:40Z That was the deadliest incident in the history of the garment industry. Walmart Set to Hold ‘Made-in-America’ Meeting 2013-08-22T15:17:56Z The project, which is contested by some in the garment industry and Tuscan regional government, has yet to be approved by the city council. Italy’s Garment Factory Slaves 2013-08-20T08:45:00Z But ask Nun, or her friends, whether they would want their daughters to end up as factory workers in the garment industry and the answer is a vehement no. Cambodia's garment industry at crossroads 2013-08-06T21:28:41Z The disaster, the worst in the history of the garment industry, killed 1,129 people. Photos of the Day: Aug. 2 2013-08-02T19:33:15Z The area around Huntingdon was once freckled with manufacturing plants, many in the garment industry. Arriving With Anxiety, and Finding a Sanctuary 2013-07-25T21:37:00Z It is a symbol of the power of Bangladesh’s garment industry, the headquarters of the country’s most powerful association of factory owners. Garment Trade Wields Power in Bangladesh 2013-07-25T02:19:41Z The programme looks at the sustainability of various materials and their properties, the conditions for workers in garment industries, and diversity in fashion. From classroom to catwalk: how students are backing ethical fashion 2013-07-12T09:22:28Z Cambodia is a nation on the move, but its garment industry is at a crossroads. Cambodia's garment industry at crossroads 2013-08-06T21:28:41Z The disaster, the worst in the history of the garment industry, killed 1,129 people. Photos of the Day: Aug. 2 2013-08-02T19:33:15Z But the garment industry pays better and offers more secure work than options like farming, domestic labor or day jobs on construction sites. Portraits of Pain: Inside the Haunting Images of Bangladesh's Factory Collapse 2013-07-12T03:35:29Z The trade group was formed in 1983 as Bangladesh, then one of the world’s poorest countries, was trying to build its economy by developing a garment industry. Garment Trade Wields Power in Bangladesh 2013-07-25T02:19:41Z Wednesday's announcement by household names including Walmart and Gap follows a series of accidents in the poor south Asian state, home to the world's second biggest readymade garment industry. Walmart and Gap back plan to improve Bangladesh garment factory safety 2013-07-10T18:31:28Z The cost disadvantage also impacts Sri Lanka's $4 billion-a-year garment industry, and factory owners there say any shift in production from Bangladesh will be transient. For cost-crunching retailers, Bangladesh reigns supreme 2013-07-09T21:14:21Z The small number of US signatories will disappoint advocates hoping for an end to dangerous conditions in Bangladesh's multi-million pound garment industry, in which 1,200 people have died in the past year. Major US names missing as retailers sign deal to improve Bangladesh safety 2013-07-08T21:51:25Z Factory workers in India’s garment industry of physical and verbal abuse alongside poverty pay. Meanwhile, To Help the World's Poor, Give Them Real Jobs 2013-07-07T23:41:26Z But the results of the overhaul were less significant, especially for the garment industry. Garment Trade Wields Power in Bangladesh 2013-07-25T02:19:41Z “This is the only way to bring about long-term, sustainable change to the garment industry in Bangladesh,” Mr. York said. Clothiers in Deal for Inspecting Bangladeshi Factories 2013-07-07T22:04:59Z Bangladesh’s garment industry, now the world’s second-leading clothing exporter, after China’s, is still struggling to recover from the April 24 collapse of Rana Plaza, the deadliest disaster in the history of the industry. Bangladeshi Inspectors Struggle to Avert a New Factory Disaster 2013-07-03T01:35:00Z This historic accord will effect tangible change on the ground and help make the Bangladeshi garment industry safe and sustainable. Major US names missing as retailers sign deal to improve Bangladesh safety 2013-07-08T21:51:25Z The more pertinent question might be this: In Bangladesh, where the garment industry powers the economy and wields enormous political clout, is it possible to hold factory owners like Mr. Hossain accountable? Justice Elusive in a Bangladesh Factory Disaster 2013-06-29T23:10:32Z The garment industry employs some four million people in Bangladesh, 80% of them women. Bangladesh anger at US trade move 2013-06-28T06:36:21Z Tragically, the garment industry did turn out to be the most fatal in practice. F.Y.I.: Answers to Questions About New York 2013-06-22T03:30:00Z The disaster highlighted the working conditions in Bangladesh's £13bn-a-year garment industry and the plight of millions of workers who are paid as little as £25 a month. Primark backs safety drive in wake of Bangladesh factory disaster 2013-06-22T20:18:35Z Sanchita Saxena, associate director of the Center for South Asia Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, said revoking Bangladesh's GSP benefits would not help workers in Bangladesh's garment industry. Obama nears decision on Bangladesh trade following tragedies 2013-06-13T20:36:33Z The Tazreen Fashions fire was followed by the April collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building, in which 1,129 people were killed in the deadliest disaster in the history of the garment industry. Justice Elusive in a Bangladesh Factory Disaster 2013-06-29T23:10:32Z The disaster sparked a series of angry protests by workers in the garment industry and heightened international concern. Bangladesh anger at US trade move 2013-06-28T06:36:21Z Five factories were inside the Rana Plaza building when it collapsed in April, killing 1,129 people, in what is considered the deadliest disaster in the history of the garment industry. Another Garment Factory Scare in Bangladesh 2013-06-13T15:54:49Z Six weeks after the worst industrial accident in the history of garment industry, information is still in short supply. Bangladesh Factory Collapse Survivors Face Tough Future 2013-06-11T03:05:25Z Duncan stressed that the garment industry was vital for Bangladesh's development, and said safety standards must catch up with its rapid growth. Bangladesh garment industry under scrutiny following factory collapse 2013-06-06T13:44:43Z Like many other traumatized survivors, Begum vowed never to return to work in the garment industry, the main employer for millions of poor women from rural Bangladesh. From factory to five-star hotel for Bangladesh's 17-day survivor 2013-06-06T10:17:33Z Cambodia's garment industry employs hundreds of thousands of people and is the country's biggest export earner. Cambodia police clash with workers 2013-06-03T17:43:56Z Many were set up without any regulatory oversight in the early years of the garment industry boom. Majority of Bangladesh garment factories 'vulnerable to collapse' 2013-06-03T13:27:47Z It might also lead the European Union, which does exempt the garment industry from tariffs, to revoke this status. U.S. Pressure Rises to End Bangladesh Trade Status 2013-05-30T18:40:04Z Labour behind the labelA campaign that works to improve conditions and empower workers in the global garment industry. Working conditions in the fashion industry: news and teaching resources round up 2013-05-19T06:00:00Z World Bank programs in the country, for example, have included efforts to train village women for garment industry jobs. ILO, World Bank demand labor changes in Bangladesh 2013-05-17T22:29:25Z “The garment industry is one of the key industries in Cambodia and is just too important to the government and the population” for a problem like this not to receive considerable scrutiny, he said. Ceiling Collapse at Cambodian Shoe Factory Kills 2 2013-05-16T09:34:48Z But the garment industry has already lost three-quarters of its jobs in the past decade as cheaper imports have flooded the local market. The cost of no sweatshops: South Africa struggles not to be Bangladesh 2013-05-16T06:34:44Z Bangladesh’s garment industry does not enjoy duty-free status but State Department officials said that a decision by the Obama administration to scale back benefits might prompt foreign brands to reduce orders from the country. U.S. Pressure Rises to End Bangladesh Trade Status 2013-05-30T18:40:04Z The garment industry is Cambodia's biggest employer and export earner. Collapse at Cambodia shoe factory 2013-05-16T03:44:59Z Bangladesh's garment industry accounts for 80 percent of its exports. Bangladesh rescue operation near end; collapse death toll at 1,127 2013-05-14T01:29:04Z Bangladesh's garment industry accounts for 80 percent of the country's exports. Bangladesh rescue operation near end; collapse death toll at 1,127 2013-05-13T11:50:00Z Both moves are seen as a direct response to the collapse of the building housing five garment factories, the worst disaster in the history of the global garment industry. Bangladesh to end search for victims of building collapse 2013-05-13T11:37:00Z Instead, Bangladeshis must be united as a nation to strengthen the garment industry, and foreign companies must play their part too. After the Savar tragedy, time for an international minimum wage 2013-05-12T15:51:51Z The latest incident is yet another reminder of the dangers facing workers in Bangladesh’s export-driven garment industry. Bangladesh: 8 Killed in Factory Fire; Collapse Toll Hits 1,000 2013-05-10T04:05:24Z Local government administrator Yousuf Harun told the Associated Press news agency that they are working with a garment industry body to ensure the workers are paid. Bangladesh collapse toll passes 700 2013-05-07T08:14:05Z The European Union’s delegation to Bangladesh urged the government Wednesday to “act immediately” to improve working conditions in the country’s garment industry. Death toll from Bangladesh building collapse hits 930 2013-05-09T11:41:00Z Another deadly accident struck ’s export garment industry late on Wednesday night, when a fire swept through a factory, killing at least eight people, including top managers, according to news media reports. Fire at Bangladeshi Factory Kills 8 2013-05-09T07:06:58Z Another deadly accident struck ’s export garment industry late on Wednesday night, when a fire swept through a factory, killing at least seven people, including top managers, according to news media reports. New Fatal Fire at Bangladesh Clothes Maker 2013-05-09T02:19:33Z "The garment industry is under severe pressure," said Siddiqur Rahman, senior vice president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association. Protests Raise Toll in Bangladesh 2013-05-07T13:44:41Z Bangladesh factory collapse a catalyst for workers’ rights FT.com | Latest disaster and world pressure could force change in culture of garment industry. Bottleneck of would-be nominees for State Department could impede Kerry’s progress 2013-05-04T23:39:16Z Photograph: Clive Gee/PA A week on, the Rana Plaza catastrophe in is now the deadliest catastrophe in the history of the garment industry, with the death toll exceeding 500. Fashion still doesn't give a damn about the deaths of garment workers 2013-05-04T23:06:17Z About 4 million people work in Bangladesh's garment industry, making it the world's second-largest apparel exporter after China. Bangladesh urges no harsh EU measures over factory deaths 2013-05-04T09:50:01Z The garment industry is one of the few industries in which almost every brand uses outsourcing which may have "proper precautions" but are still sweatshops as the average citizen would define them. Business After Bangladesh: How a Disaster Could Redefine U.S. Outsourcing 2013-05-03T17:35:22Z During a visit to the Indian capital, New Delhi, Muhith said the disaster would not harm Bangladesh's garment industry, which is by far the country's biggest source of export income. Bangladeshi finance minister plays down impact of Dhaka factory collapse 2013-05-03T16:06:14Z During a visit to the Indian capital New Delhi, Muhith said the disaster would not harm Bangladesh’s garment industry, which is by far the country’s biggest source of export income. Bangladesh official: Disaster is “not really serious” 2013-05-03T11:42:00Z The garment industry accounts for almost 80% of Bangladesh's annual exports and provides employment for about four million people. Stopping another Bangladesh tragedy 2013-05-02T23:16:06Z The building collapse followed a garment factory fire in November that killed 112 people in the country, and it has increased the pressure on the global garment industry to improve working conditions. Frustration and hope for May Day protesters in U.S., around the world 2013-05-02T16:45:11Z The disaster and a garment factory fire five months earlier that killed 112 people highlight the unsafe conditions plaguing Bangladesh’s garment industry, which supplies many global retailers. Bangladesh building collapse toll climbs to 433 2013-05-02T15:10:00Z European Union officials called for immediate safety improvements, and said they were considering changes in Bangladesh’s duty-free and quota-free status to encourage more responsible management by the country’s garment industry. Some Retailers Rethink Their Role in BangladeshRS = 15 2013-05-02T03:01:32Z “For the garment industry, Savar grew quickly, and in an unplanned manner,” he said. Bangladesh Garment Industry Reliant on Flimsy Oversight 2013-05-01T01:46:58Z The garment industry employs mostly women, some of whom earn as little as $38 a month. EU considers trade action after Bangladesh factory collapse 2013-05-01T01:21:01Z The news of yet another disaster in the Bangladeshi garment industry last week brings this point into stark relief. Bangladesh Factory Collapse Will Force Companies to Rethink Outsourced Manufacturing 2013-04-30T22:26:25Z Bangladesh's garment industry was the third-largest in the world in 2011, after China and Italy, having grown rapidly in the past decade. Collapsed Building Owner's Property to Be Seized 2013-04-30T10:33:48Z Bangladesh’s garment industry was the third-largest in the world in 2011, after China and Italy, having grown rapidly in the past decade. Property of Bangladesh building owner to be seized 2013-04-30T12:30:00Z Garment workers, among the world’s worst paid and treated laborers, increasingly have fallen victim to unsafe working conditions in Bangladesh, where the $20 billion garment industry employs 3.2 million people. Is Your Shirt From Here? 2013-04-30T08:45:00Z The collapse of the building, the Rana Plaza, is considered the deadliest accident in the history of the garment industry. Tears and Rage as Hope Fades in Bangladesh 2013-04-29T00:26:55Z The death toll is expected to rise but it is already the deadliest tragedy to hit Bangladesh’s garment industry, which is worth $20 billion a year and a mainstay of the economy. Owner of Collapsed Building Arrested in Bangladesh 2013-04-28T10:15:24Z The collapse has become the deadliest disaster to hit Bangladesh's garment industry, which is worth $20 billion annually and supplies global retailers. Collapsed Building Owner's Property to Be Seized 2013-04-30T10:33:48Z The collapse has become the deadliest disaster to hit Bangladesh’s garment industry, which is worth $20 billion annually and supplies global retailers. Property of Bangladesh building owner to be seized 2013-04-30T12:30:00Z The owner and managing director of the largest of the five factories in the complex, New Wave Style, surrendered to the country's garment industry association during the night and they were handed over to police. Two arrested as Bangladesh building toll rises to 325 2013-04-27T04:36:17Z Human Rights Watch says Bangladesh’s Ministry of Labor has only 18 inspectors to monitor thousands of garment factories in the sprawling Dhaka district, where much of the nation’s garment industry is located. Death toll in Bangladesh factory collapse eclipses 300 2013-04-26T11:20:00Z Bangladesh is the world’s second-leading exporter of apparel, and the domestic garment industry depends on a low wage formula in which the minimum wage is about $37 a month. Firms Feel Pressure as Toll Rises in Bangladesh 2013-04-26T09:29:19Z Mr. Ullah said the Dhaka agency took too long to issue permits at a time when Bangladesh's garment industry was booming. Bangladesh Protests Turn Violent 2013-04-26T09:06:24Z "There are repeated instances of MPs linked to the garment industry blocking stricter legislation," she said. Bangladesh building collapse: anger amid desperate search for survivors 2013-04-25T17:58:28Z The building collapse occurred in Savar, a suburb of the national capital of Dhaka, and is the latest tragic accident to afflict Bangladesh’s garment industry. Scores Dead in Bangladesh Building Collapse 2013-04-24T08:44:49Z The disaster is the worst ever for Bangladesh’s booming and powerful garment industry, surpassing a fire five months ago that killed 112 people and brought widespread pledges to improve the country’s worker-safety standards. Death toll in Bangladesh factory collapse eclipses 300 2013-04-26T11:20:00Z Bangladesh's booming garment industry has been plagued by fires and other accidents for years, despite a drive to improve safety standards. Bangladesh factory building collapse kills over 70, injures hundreds 2013-04-24T07:53:34Z Bangladesh's booming garment industry has been plagued by fires and other accidents for years. Garment factory building collapses in Bangladesh, 25 dead: TV 2013-04-24T05:11:44Z The disaster in Savar is the worst ever for Bangladesh's booming and powerful garment industry. Bangladesh building collapse: anger amid desperate search for survivors 2013-04-25T17:58:28Z The garment industry, which accounts for 80 percent of the country's $24 billion annual exports, is a mainstay of the economy along with remittances from Bangladeshis working overseas. Bangladesh arrests factory owners over allegations of negligence 2013-01-30T09:42:26Z With 94,000 employees selling clothes in 48 countries and 750 direct suppliers, H&M is a significant global force in the garment industry. IHT Rendezvous: Which Companies' Sustainability Promises Do You Believe? 2013-01-25T07:11:45Z What set it off was the worst ever incident in the history of Bangladesh garment industry. Bangladesh garment industry looks to revive image 2013-01-16T22:08:50Z Ms. Rahima left her village to find work in the garment industry, which has provided an escape from grinding rural poverty for millions of women like her in Bangladesh and around the world. The Human Price: Bangladesh Fire Exposes Safety Gap in Supply Chain 2012-12-07T02:24:28Z Bangladesh's garment industry was the third largest in the world in 2011, after China and Italy. Bangladesh building collapse: anger amid desperate search for survivors 2013-04-25T17:58:28Z But one of the most senior figures in the country's garment industry cast doubt on that claim. Bangladesh fire protests rage, supervisors arrested 2012-11-28T18:48:08Z The fire has elevated awareness of something labor groups, retailers and governments have known for years: Bangladesh’s fast-growing garment industry – second only to China’s in exports – is rife with dangerous workplaces. Disney and Sears as well as Wal-mart used firetrap factory 2012-11-28T15:59:00Z The "national people's tribunal for living wages and decent working conditions for garment workers" was convened to investigate widespread human rights abuses in the garment industry. India's clothing workers: 'They slap us and call us dogs and monkeys' 2012-11-25T00:06:13Z With no garment industry experience, it was rough going initially for the sisters. You’re the Boss Blog: After a Year, Business Group Members Discuss Their Progress 2012-09-04T15:12:47Z Yet, many analysts say, the two parties agree on one thing: safeguarding the garment industry. As Bangladesh Becomes Export Powerhouse, Labor Strife Erupts 2012-08-24T01:47:26Z State Department officials said that when they learned the A.F.L.-C.I.O. report was being prepared, they had started asking embassy officials in Guatemala, trade officials and garment industry leaders about Sae-A. Earthquake Relief Where Haiti Wasn’t Broken 2012-07-06T02:26:54Z The total nearly doubled from four years earlier, and McKinsey forecasts the garment industry will grow by as much as 9 percent a year over the next decade. In Bangladesh, Strong Promise of Economic Growth 2012-04-23T12:23:58Z The garment industry is Bangladesh’s largest industrial employer, with 3.6 million workers. Bangladeshi Labor Organizer Is Found Killed 2012-04-10T01:54:40Z The public furor surrounding labor abuses has moved on from the garment industry and is now squarely focused on companies like Apple. Apple to Let Inspectors into Foxconn Factory in China 2012-02-14T04:35:36Z The country's growth spurt was fueled by the garment industry, where some 2.5 million workers toiled for about $40 a month, a third of wages in southern China. The Rise And Fall of One of the World's Worst-Performing Stock Markets 2012-02-03T02:20:00Z Nadir acquired a controlling interest in Polly Peck in 1980, when the company -- then about 20 years old -- was limited to the garment industry in East London, prosecutors say. Ex-Polly Peck CEO Nadir Accused of $233 Million U.K. Theft 2012-01-23T18:51:25Z Its once-flourishing garment industry was stifled by U.S. and European sanctions. Insight: Testing the limits of freedom in new Burma 2011-12-18T04:15:41Z The group helped lead protests in 2010 after policy makers did not increase minimum wages in the garment industry as much as some workers’ groups had wanted. Bangladeshi Labor Organizer Is Found Killed 2012-04-10T01:54:40Z Nevertheless, a decade of unsolved mass faintings reflects unfavorably on Cambodia's garment industry and the famous Western companies it supplies. What's Causing 'Mass Faintings' at Cambodian Factories? 2011-09-19T16:55:00Z The garment industry similarly owed its concentration in New York to the vast cargoes of cotton and textiles that came through the city and sailors’ need for ready-made clothes. Triumph of the City [Excerpt] 2011-08-17T12:15:02.737Z The gowns were made by her husband, Irving, who worked in the garment industry. A Rocking Chair Called Manhattan 2011-08-12T18:25:04Z His parents, a brother and a sister worked in the garment industry. Howard Stein, Who Helped Teach Public to Invest, Dies at 84 2011-07-30T19:52:25Z Most of the tenants are no longer connected to the garment industry. City Room: Garment Center Murals Are Imperiled as District Disappears 2011-06-02T11:02:41Z Then they moved north, to Lille, investing in the garment industry, in which they achieved spectacular growth. Born in China, made in France 2011-03-22T14:00:18Z The company warned that the garment industry was facing increasing raw material and manufacturing costs, in an environment where it was difficult to raise selling prices. French Connection outlook 'tough' 2011-03-16T09:06:44Z In all the garment industries nearly one-third of the workers were Jews. Jewish Immigration to the United States from 1881 to 1910 Studies in History, Economics and Public Law, Vol. LIX, No. 4, 1914 2011-03-01T03:00:45.597Z Do Won and Jin Sook Chang arrived in Los Angeles in 1981 in the midst of a shift in the garment industry, as Korean and Persian immigrants began to work their way into the business. Forever 21's Fast (and Loose) Fashion Empire 2011-01-20T22:00:00Z Erected 57 years ago, 112 West 34th was originally known as the Childrenswear Building, with businesses and showrooms in the garment industry. Landlord Sues His Tenants, Objecting to an $81 Million Renovation They Paid For 2011-01-18T01:29:20Z The building was populated with single retired career women, many of them from the garment industry. Big City: Those Doorman Thank-You Notes Never Quite Said It Right 2010-12-28T00:41:00Z Mr. Hussain said the company suspected an electrical short circuit but added that investigators from the government and the garment industry association were still working to establish the cause. Dozens Killed in Bangladesh Fire 2010-12-14T16:51:26Z Although it represents only about 1 percent of the nation’s economy, the garment industry is India’s largest employer after agriculture. India?s Currency Attracts Investors, but Damages Exports 2010-10-27T00:50:00Z Some of its suppliers, many of whom are part of a tight-knit Korean-American community of manufacturers and vendors that dominate the garment industry in Los Angeles, have been accused of underpaying their workers. Forever 21's Fast (and Loose) Fashion Empire 2011-01-20T22:00:00Z Newcastle’s garment industry is a product of apartheid’s social engineering. Efforts Meant to Help Workers Batter South Africa?s Poor 2010-09-27T01:16:00Z Portugal does better, with a 10-point gap, owing in part to its specialization in the textile and garment industries. The Female Factor: Counting the Cost of Machismo 2010-08-17T14:40:00Z The garment industry is Bangladesh's second biggest employer after agriculture, and accounts for more than 80 percent of the impoverished country's annual export earnings of $16 billion. At least 100 hurt in Bangladesh clashes over wages 2010-07-31T15:26:00Z The garment industry accounts for about 40% of Bangladesh's total industrial workforce. Dhaka garment workers in violent protests over low pay 2010-07-30T16:32:00Z The raise came about a week after Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina criticized the garment industry for paying low wages to workers. Garment Workers Riot in Bangladesh 2010-07-30T09:38:00Z More than 3 million Bangladeshis work in the garment industry, which accounts for the vast majority of the country’s exports. Bangladesh Garment Workers to Get Higher Pay 2010-07-28T16:41:00Z Wages in Bangladesh’s garment industry are among the lowest in the world. Garment Factories, Changing Women's Roles in Poor Countries 2010-07-22T00:17:00Z "Every bag will be made in New York," Bush says, "so we'll be supporting the local garment industry." Lauren Bush and Ellen Gustafson, Founders of FEED Projects 2010-07-19T16:02:00Z The factory is a high-minded experiment, a response to appeals from myriad university officials and student activists that the garment industry stop using poverty-wage sweatshops. An Apparel Factory Defies Stereotypes, but Can It Thrive? 2010-07-17T17:38:00Z CIT, with $58 billion in assets, lends to small businesses, leases airplanes, and acts as a "factor"—which means, among other things, helping suppliers collect money from retailers, particularly in the garment industry. The Importance of Being John Thain 2010-04-29T21:00:00Z New York City’s garment industry once had lots of zipper shops, some bigger than his, Mr. Feibusch says. For Eddie Feibusch, a Life in Zippers 2010-04-19T01:00:00Z Mr. Gates’s mother supported the family by taking jobs in the Los Angeles garment industry. Daryl F. Gates, L.A.P.D. Chief in Rodney King-Era, Dies at 83 2010-04-16T15:27:00Z Mr. Eitelberg began Hartsko in 2004 after working for years on the financial side of the garment industry, following in the footsteps of his father, who ran a women’s swimwear company. 2010-01-30T22:27:00Z The garment industry has grown significantly, mainly due to Lesotho qualifying for the trade benefits contained in the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act. The 2005 CIA World Factbook A considerably larger proportion of the women employed in the garment industry earn what may be considered high wages for industrial workers than in any of the larger factory industries of the city. Wage Earning and Education Large numbers of them engage in the garment industries and the manufacture of tobacco. Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making The best examples of the "middle stratum" industrialism are the unions in the garment industries. A History of Trade Unionism in the United States In 1988 the economy achieved a 5.6% growth in real GDP on the strength of a boost in construction, higher agricultural production, and growth of the small manufacturing sector based on soap and garment industries. The 1990 CIA World Factbook The garment industry has grown significantly, mainly due to Lesotho qualifying for the trade benefits contained in the Africa Growth and Opportunity Act. The 2005 CIA World Factbook |
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