| 单词 | garment worker |
| 例句 | She asked people to support the striking garment workers in St. Louis by buying only clothes with the “union-made” label inside them. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z She traveled from city to city, telling people about the low wages and unhealthy working conditions at Marx & Haas, and asking them to support the striking garment workers. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z And so were their children and grandchildren, because the lessons those garment workers brought home with them in the evenings turned out to be critical for getting ahead in the world. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z Company owners seemed to be on the lookout for a chance to challenge and ultimately break the garment workers’ union. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z News of Fannie’s leadership in the garment workers’ union reached coal miners in Colliers, West Virginia, and she was asked to visit. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z In the late afternoon, rickety old trucks move along, their flatbeds packed with scores of young female garment workers who, standing up, have squeezed themselves on for the trip home. In Cambodia, a Shooting Range Open to Tourists 2012-11-28T00:08:31Z As the companion piece, Wiggers chose oral histories with Seattle garment workers, women who contributed to the identity and prosperity of the Pacific Northwest. Review: ‘Everything has been material for scissors to shape’ is a flow of textiles, interrupted 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z Today, a shadowbox containing a miniature shirtwaist dress embroidered with the names of the 146 garment workers killed in the fire marks that address. Interactive Shadowboxes Breathe Life Into the Legacies of Village Artists 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z With the World Bank warning that as many as 150 million people could fall into extreme poverty by the end of 2021, the future remains uncertain for garment workers across the world. The Ups and Downs of Fashion in 2020 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z She said her walk to work often takes her past the site of the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire, which killed more than 100 garment workers, most of them women. Julia Wolfe's Pulitzer-winning 'Anthracite Fields' makes its West Coast debut at Disney Hall 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z Just remember: there are countless garment workers doing just that for a pittance an hour. Secrets of a casual seamstress: the joy of making your own clothes 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z However, those online were quick to slam the store, claiming the cheap garment was hurting garment workers. Shoppers slam fashion retailer over cheap bikini: 'Disgusting, questionable ethics' 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z The fire — which took the lives of 146 garment workers, most of them young immigrant women — led to changes in workplace conditions and stirred debate over contentious issues of gender, labor and immigrants’ rights. Review: With Protest and Fire, an Oratorio Mourns a Tragedy 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z I have a bill right now in the California State Legislator for a garment workers in California. Maggie Q returns to action with "The Protégé" despite an injury: "Everyone around me was terrified" 2021-08-21T04:00:00Z Unlimited choice is no fashion utopia: not for consumers, not for garment workers or supply chains, and not for the planet. Is Denim in an Identity Crisis? 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Her piece about female garment workers is a New York Philharmonic commission for orchestra and women's chorus that is set to premiere in fall 2018. 'Anthracite Fields' composer Julia Wolfe says MacArthur grant will bring 'time and space' 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z In recent months she has been braving the front line of garment workers' protests to support their demand for a livable wage. Virginity for sale: inside Cambodia's shocking trade 2014-07-06T04:00:00Z So yes, much better to focus on overlooked female directors in Hollywood, as opposed to overlooked female garment workers in Bangladesh. Brad Pitt and Natalie Portman queue up to prove their secret pro-Trump credentials 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z The story opens in a sweatshop in Lahore, Pakistan, where a 16-year-old garment worker almost dies in a fire that kills some of her co-workers. ‘The Capitalist’: A financial thriller inspired by Bernie Madoff 2016-02-21T05:00:00Z Her mother, Sarah, from Poland, was the more influential parent — a garment worker, a union activist and a member of the Communist Party who also had an interest in the arts. Ronnie Gilbert, Folk Singer for the Weavers, Dies at 88 2015-06-06T04:00:00Z Both sides of my family are from Brooklyn by way of Russia - gritty blacksmiths, saloon keepers, garment workers and numbers runners. Motherlode Blog: The Bond of Blueberry Jam 2012-09-28T15:33:37Z Ambar, who has a grueling job as a garment worker and is desperate to cobble together money for a fake I.D., has no nowhere to go but a haunted house. ‘No One Gets Out Alive’ Review: Seeking Shelter, Finding Terror 2021-09-29T04:00:00Z Those garment workers “are making maybe a few cents per garment. Are you okay with that?” she says. In Gen Z’s world of ‘dupes,’ fake is fabulous — until you try it on 2023-03-22T04:00:00Z His father was a garment worker from Odessa. Harold Bloom, a Prolific Giant and Perhaps the Last of a Kind 2019-10-15T04:00:00Z But, this year, the pandemic fallout threatened the very livelihoods of the millions of garment workers who power its murky supply chain. The Ups and Downs of Fashion in 2020 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z At the same time, stories leaked about garment workers in faraway countries in desperate straits as the losses were passed down the supply chain. The Life and Death of Your Jeans 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z With the garment workers gone, it’s been largely neglected except by studio-seeking artists. In a Montreal Neighborhood, Barbershops and Bars 2013-08-21T15:11:12Z The Bronx-born son of a garment worker, Professor Bloom might have been a character out of literature himself. Harold Bloom, Critic Who Championed Western Canon, Dies at 89 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z In Hong Kong, Dhaka and Santo Domingo, she met with garment workers, observing at first hand the hardships they put up with to secure United States contracts. Books of Style: Fashion’s Price, Hidden and Otherwise 2012-08-29T20:32:27Z As part of that job, she arranged for garment workers, housekeepers and day laborers to get curator-led tours of a classical art exhibition at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades. In its 25th year, the Getty's Multicultural Internship Program is changing the face of arts leadership in L.A. 2017-08-01T04:00:00Z After graduating from Brown University, Richards began her career as a labor organizer and activist, working with garment workers, janitors and hotel employees. The abortion rights movement is bolder than it’s been in years. That’s Cecile Richards’s plan. 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z But on July 10, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health ordered Mr. Charney’s manufacturing facility to close: An investigation found over 300 confirmed infections among the garment workers, and four deaths. Los Angeles Apparel Factory Shut Down After More Than 300 Coronavirus Cases 2020-07-13T04:00:00Z Undocumented youth garment workers spend hours in dimly lit factories where shop owners often leave doors and windows locked throughout the work day to remain discreet and avoid workplace inspection. How unaccompanied youth become exploited workers in the U.S. 2017-03-17T04:00:00Z This loss compromises the ongoing employment of more than two million Bangladeshi garment workers. ‘Our Situation is Apocalyptic’: Bangladesh Garment Workers Face Ruin 2020-03-31T04:00:00Z The garment workers were predominantly young immigrant women, and one of them used to live on Mason’s block. Interactive Shadowboxes Breathe Life Into the Legacies of Village Artists 2021-09-16T04:00:00Z Either film, or both, could spur you to want to learn more about the history of unions, garment workers and an earlier, rougher New York City. Television Review: Two Remembrances of One Deadly Day in 1911 2011-02-27T23:20:33Z He describes adjuncts as “shock absorbers” and compares their situation to the “invisibility of garment workers in Bangladesh.” The Professor and the Adjunct 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z Also on Tuesday, Bangladeshi police also clashed with thousands of garment workers demanding fair wages. Bangladesh clashes: Two killed in anti-government protests 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z The owners of the mom-and-pop tiendita said their clientele is made up of garment workers, mainly Latino immigrants, who work in the downtown core. What would you do with $1.2 billion? Powerball jackpot climbs after no big winners 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z “You have to be aware that if I order Facebook to be shut down in Cambodia, it will strongly affect you,” he added, speaking at an event for garment workers ahead of the general election. Cambodian Ruler’s Facebook Account Goes Dark After Spat with Meta 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z His subject, as ever, is the perilous state of modern China, witnessed here in the numbing daily routines of teenage garment workers as they manufacture children’s clothes in the privately owned workshops of Zhili City. All 21 movies in competition at Cannes, ranked from worst to best 2023-05-27T04:00:00Z Last week’s amendments to the plan include protections for an estimated 20,000 downtown garment workers. The garment industry, excluded from downtown planning, finally gets to have its say 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z “Hospitality and garment workers need more affordable housing, not more development that could threaten where we live or we work,” said Juan Muñoz-Guevara, a researcher with Unite Here Local 11, at a rally last week. L.A. leaders want to save downtown garment jobs. But that could mean fewer new homes 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z In 1994, freshly out of law school, Su led the first of 72 Thai garment workers to freedom after their rescue from an El Monte sweatshop and subsequent detention by the U.S. Column: Julie Su would be a perfect Labor secretary. That's why Big Business hates her 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z Although cheap clothing can be appealing to consumers, the garment workers who made it in 2022 were often taken advantage of in Southern California, according to the U.S. Garment workers in SoCal are paid 'as little as $1.58 per hour,' Labor Department says 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z A coalition of international garment worker unions and labor rights groups filed a complaint against Nike with the U.S. Nike faces shareholder proposal on human rights 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z But it’s dishonest to exclude garment workers for seven years and complain that there’s not enough time to plan around their needs. The garment industry, excluded from downtown planning, finally gets to have its say 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z She also spent 17 years as a civil rights attorney and defended Thai garment workers who had been trafficked into the United States, the statement said. Biden chooses Julie Su to lead Labor Department 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z The Myanmar factory underscores the continuing struggle for many of South Asia’s 40 million garment workers, who have long grappled with poor working conditions and wages, and whose troubles have been exacerbated by the pandemic. Who Made Your World Cup Jersey? 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z SB 62 aims to overhaul the pay model for garment workers, now largely paid subminimum wages, and introduce more accountability into the fashion supply chain. Garment workers in SoCal are paid 'as little as $1.58 per hour,' Labor Department says 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z In Bangladesh, garment workers in Amazon’s supply chain will march in Dhaka and Chittagong. Amazon faces Black Friday protests, strikes in 40 countries 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z Gentrification in downtown Los Angeles has caused hardship for some garment workers, such as Jessica Chavez’s mom. The garment industry, excluded from downtown planning, finally gets to have its say 2023-05-12T04:00:00Z “We are hearing that there has been a decrease in workers’ take home pay, and that’s due to cutting in overtime hours,” Foxvog said of garment workers specifically. Retailers push big holiday discounts to ease inventory avalanche 2022-11-08T05:00:00Z The predicament of the garment workers is among several serious social issues that have been brought to light during this year’s World Cup. Who Made Your World Cup Jersey? 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z This accounts for a small fraction of the 40,000 garment workers in Los Angeles, according to Protect LA’s Garment Jobs, a campaign by the Garment Worker Center. Garment workers in SoCal are paid 'as little as $1.58 per hour,' Labor Department says 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z The program will benefit Los Angeles’ garment workers, farm workers and day laborers. What would it look like to truly transform the fashion industry from the ground up? 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z This summer, viral TikTok videos purporting to show pleas for help sewn into Shein clothing by garment workers were widely debunked. The People’s Republic of Shein 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z Etsy’s rules allow sellers to outsource production or other operations — like hiring garment workers to sew masks — as long as the shop is transparent about the labor it’s using to make products. Etsy sellers are starting a ‘union’ to fight policies they say hurt merchants 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Some people who applaud these protests think that the predicament of garment workers behind the World Cup kits should be recognized, too. Who Made Your World Cup Jersey? 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z “Sometimes I get really sick, especially over the summer because the heat is extremely bad,” said Tzul, 58, who has been a garment worker since the 1990s. Heat waves can be deadly. California workers, lawmakers push for federal labor protections 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z Finally, on the right is footage of American garment workers, mostly women of color, who between 1972 and 1974 staged various wildcat strikes. L.A. artists offer personal lens on Asian American diaspora in new 'Off Kilter' show 2022-08-09T04:00:00Z A garment worker, 33-year-old Lenora decided to apply for a job as a maid in Kuwait after her husband was laid off from a small restaurant where he worked as a cook. Battered by economic crisis, Sri Lankans seek passport to a better life 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z David Welsh, Thailand country director of the Solidarity Center, called the settlement a “huge victory” for the garment workers. Thai garment workers win $8.3M in back pay after layoffs 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Khaleda Akter, a garment worker in Dhaka, said she was going to be traveling to her village and was excited to celebrate with her parents. India’s Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr amid community violence 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z “This industry made the women of our country much less vulnerable,” said Sam Mokhele, the general secretary of the National Union of Clothing and Textile Allied Workers Union, which represents garment workers in Lesotho. Women of Lesotho’s garment industry lose jobs, hope in COVID 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Born and raised in Los Angeles, he is the son of a barber and a garment worker. Art godfather Ulysses Jenkins finally gets his close-up with a Hammer show of his video art 2022-03-21T04:00:00Z A garment worker complains that now her wages do not cover even the food bills, while fear of growing crime makes her dread leaving home. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z “Low-wage garment workers left destitute by injustice meted out by global supply chains is nothing new,” he said. Thai garment workers win $8.3M in back pay after layoffs 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z “Not just first responders but grocery workers, farmworkers, truckers and garment workers who make protective masks.” How will California's workplace laws change in 2022? More protections are coming 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Tin shacks sprouted like weeds outside the factory gates, selling garment workers everything from apples and beers to mobile phone airtime and secondhand clothing. Women of Lesotho’s garment industry lose jobs, hope in COVID 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire took the lives of 146 garment workers, mostly Jewish and Italian immigrant women and girls. From fires to tornadoes, history has shown we need unions to help keep workers safe 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z Marissa Nuncio, director of the Garment Worker Center that supported the bill said that the more than 45,000 garment workers in California are often immigrant women. California 1st to require hourly wages in garment industry 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Welsh said he hopes the settlement will become a model for the type of domestic, governmental, international and brand involvement to resolve future cases where garment workers are left in similarly desperate straits. Thai garment workers win $8.3M in back pay after layoffs 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Southern California is home to more than 45,000 garment workers, the most in any U.S. state. How will California's workplace laws change in 2022? More protections are coming 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z The demonstrations turned violent, with security forces fatally shooting a garment worker. Women of Lesotho’s garment industry lose jobs, hope in COVID 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z SB 62, which faced heavy opposition from fashion brands and trade groups, aims to overhaul a pay model for garment workers that has led to subminimum wages in the industry. Gov. Newsom signs bill expanding protections for garment workers 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z It was no surprise, then, that Garfinkel, the son of a garment worker, built Five Star in his blue-collar image. His Basketball Camp Made Hall of Famers. Now He’s One, Too. 2021-09-11T04:00:00Z “The time has come to ensure that garment workers have basic human dignity.” 'Basic human dignity': California bill requiring hourly wage for garment workers passes Assembly 2021-09-08T04:00:00Z And garment workers, many of whom are undocumented, are often reluctant to report unsafe conditions, according to Los Angeles’ nonprofit Garment Worker Center. How will California's workplace laws change in 2022? More protections are coming 2021-12-31T05:00:00Z Each garment worker’s salary supports half a dozen people, according to development experts. Women of Lesotho’s garment industry lose jobs, hope in COVID 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z California Labor Commissioner Lilia Garcia-Brower, who was with the governor as he signed SB 62, in a post on Twitter called it “fierce leadership! Inspired by all the garment worker leaders who don’t give up.” Gov. Newsom signs bill expanding protections for garment workers 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z The economy bounced back, but the garment workers left Chinatown and artists crossed the East River and could never afford to come back. How 9/11 changed TV, art, sports, education, millennials, bigotry, country music, fiction, policing, love — and more If approved, SB 62 would require apparel factories to pay garment workers an hourly wage, abolishing the practice of paying per piece produced, with the exception of using output as an incentive bonus. Wage theft is a problem for L.A. garment workers. A California bill aims to fix it. Again 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z Would love to see you use your new influence, leverage and power to push for your garment workers to be paid above a living wage! Molly-Mae: 'I’m not just an influencer anymore' 2021-09-02T04:00:00Z It will replace the landmark Accord on Fire and Building Safety, forged in 2013 in the wake of the Rana Plaza factory collapse, which killed 1,100 garment workers. International brands sign new accord to protect garment workers in Bangladesh 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z A bill seeking to bolster protections for garment workers fizzled in 2020. Gov. Newsom signs bill expanding protections for garment workers 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z She had led a massive protest of female garment workers in Yangon and urged civil servants to go on strike. Chased and jailed: No rest and much danger for Asia's young revolutionaries 2021-08-05T04:00:00Z It also cited a federal Department of Labor survey that revealed that 85% of garment workers earn less than minimum wage. Wage theft is a problem for L.A. garment workers. A California bill aims to fix it. Again 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z In Bangladesh, urban garment workers fleeing an impending lockdown are almost assuredly seeding another coronavirus surge in their impoverished home villages. Pandemic Surges Again in Many Parts of the World, Fueled by Variants 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z But some unions representing garment workers have called for the international community to impose tougher sanctions to press the military, even though it may further damage their industry. Myanmar crisis sounds death knell for garment industry, jobs and hope 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z Which means the only thing standing between them and dire poverty are legally mandated severance benefits that most garment workers are owed upon termination, wherever they are in the world. Garment Workers Who Lost Jobs in Pandemic Still Wait for Severance Pay 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z On this day 110 years ago, 146 garment workers, including 123 mostly young immigrant women, died in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in lower Manhattan. 110 years since the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, its lessons are still unlearned 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z Violent crackdowns by Myanmar security forces against protesters including garment workers are escalating. Garment workers in Myanmar fight for democracy, livelihoods 2021-03-18T04:00:00Z Many garment workers, though, are desperate to keep their jobs, especially with annual bonuses due soon. Pandemic Surges Again in Many Parts of the World, Fueled by Variants 2021-06-30T04:00:00Z In the weeks that followed, many garment workers joined protests or couldn’t get to work as streets became battlegrounds. Myanmar crisis sounds death knell for garment industry, jobs and hope 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z According to a new report from the Worker Rights Consortium, however, garment workers like Mr. Ali, Ms. Yi and Ms. Dina Arviah are being denied some or all of these wages. Garment Workers Who Lost Jobs in Pandemic Still Wait for Severance Pay 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, she found herself at the center of a controversy centering on the unpaid wages owed to 12 Chinese garment workers employed by a Jessica McClintock contractor that went bankrupt. Jessica McClintock, dressmaker who outfitted generations of prom-goers and brides, dies at 90 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z In the 1990s, she found herself at the center of a controversy centering on the unpaid wages owed to 12 Chinese garment workers employees by a Jessica McClintock contractor that went bankrupt. Jessica McClintock, dressmaker who outfitted generations of prom-goers and brides, dies at 90 2021-03-15T04:00:00Z She noted that many garment workers were now being threatened and were scared for their jobs and their lives. Myanmar’s Defiant Garment Workers Demand That Fashion Pay Attention 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z By the hundreds of thousands, the women have gathered for daily marches, representing striking unions of teachers, garment workers and medical workers — all sectors dominated by women. ‘She Is a Hero’: In Myanmar’s Protests, Women Are on the Front Lines 2021-03-04T05:00:00Z A fire enveloped New York’s Triangle Shirtwaist Company on March 25, 1911, killing 146 garment workers—most of them young female immigrants who were locked in the factory. Black Inventor Garrett Morgan Saved Countless Lives with Gas Mask and Improved Traffic Lights 2021-02-25T05:00:00Z Across Los Angeles, garment workers sit side by side in factories, many without windows, for 10 to 12 hour days. Who's 'essential'? COVID-19 vaccine rollout leaves high-risk workers behind 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z She received a MacArthur Foundation fellowship, known as a “genius grant,” in 2001 for her work defending Thai garment workers who worked for 18 hours a day at a sweatshop outside Los Angeles. Biden nominates California’s Su as deputy labor secretary 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z “If there were rights violations before in factories, then under a military regime there is no question that things will be even worse for garment workers with low-wage jobs,” she said. Myanmar’s Defiant Garment Workers Demand That Fashion Pay Attention 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Suay also offers a variety of other masks and accepts contributions to purchase farm boxes for garment worker families. Make the most of wearing a mask 2020-12-17T05:00:00Z Last month, the company published its full report by Alison Levitt QC, which identified "many failings" but freed it from allegations of deliberately allowing poor conditions and low pay for garment workers. Boohoo, H&M and Nike deny Uighur forced labour allegations 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z “I haven’t heard anything about garment workers, and that really worries me,” he said of getting the vaccine. Who's 'essential'? COVID-19 vaccine rollout leaves high-risk workers behind 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z His mother was a garment worker and onetime union activist. David Graeber, scholar, anarchist and intellectual leader of Occupy Wall Street, dies at 59 2020-09-05T04:00:00Z Ninety percent of the country’s garment workers are women. Myanmar’s Defiant Garment Workers Demand That Fashion Pay Attention 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z It has been a prolonged period of retail carnage: storied names declaring bankruptcy, mass market brands closing thousands of stores, tens of thousands of shop employees furloughed or laid off, garment workers in dire straits. The Two Men Buying Your Favorite Retailers 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z We fancy ourselves as evolved, far beyond the infamous barbarism of the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in lower Manhattan in 1911, when 146 garment workers perished, most of them young immigrant women. Labor's lost power: Why were union warnings on COVID danger ignored? 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Last year alone, four migrant garment workers in Jordan committed suicide. Sexual assault, forced labor, wage theft: garment workers in Jordan suffer for US brands 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z A Bangladeshi garment worker says a "fashion box" scheme set up by an Edinburgh business will help her feed her family. 'Fashion box money will feed my family' 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Laboring up to 11 hours a day, six days a week, most live in dormitories with other garment workers and send parts of their salary home to their families. Myanmar’s Defiant Garment Workers Demand That Fashion Pay Attention 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Chairs once occupied by garment workers inside the Los Angeles Apparel factory sat empty. Workers vanished as coronavirus swept through L.A. Apparel. Colleagues struggled for answers 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z “The death of four dedicated garment workers is heartbreaking and tragic,” county Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer said in a statement. Coronavirus outbreak hits Los Angeles Apparel with more than 300 infections, 4 employee deaths 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Whether that statement rings true for garment workers in Jordan, however, remains unclear. Sexual assault, forced labor, wage theft: garment workers in Jordan suffer for US brands 2020-08-29T04:00:00Z Now a new venture is selling boxes of the clothes in a bid to support former garment workers facing poverty. 'Fashion box money will feed my family' 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Tzul is one of the many garment workers across Los Angeles recruited to meet a booming demand for face masks. Covid-19 sparked a mask-making boom in LA. Then the workers themselves got sick 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z Three Los Angeles Apparel garment workers died in early June and another in early July, authorities said. Los Angeles Apparel ordered closed amid virus outbreak 2020-07-11T04:00:00Z The Circle launched a fund, called The Women and Girls Solidarity Fund, which is supporting female garment workers – 80% of the workforce are women – at the start of lockdown. Seven ways to help garment workers 2020-07-09T04:00:00Z Cancelled orders result in less work for factories across Asia where hundreds of thousands of garment workers have been laid off since the pandemic struck. Patchy demand at stores spells more pain for garment suppliers 2020-07-06T04:00:00Z A total of £10 from each box is donated to Bangladeshi garment workers and under the scheme Mrs Begnum will receive £40 - enough to support her family for a month. 'Fashion box money will feed my family' 2020-07-20T04:00:00Z Dr Raihan said that as time progressed, exemptions were made to the lockdown, with thousands of garment workers allowed back to work to fulfil orders for Western brands, and places of worship reopening. Cases rising, Bangladesh fears coronavirus crisis 2020-06-15T04:00:00Z In neighbouring Jordan, Samir Ali, an Indian garment worker, is also waiting to be paid, after only receiving his March salary when he and other foreign workers at their factory threatened to strike. 'We’re poor people': Middle East's migrant workers look for way home amid pandemic 2020-06-09T04:00:00Z Lost Stock’s goal was to sell 10,000 boxes by the end of May, to help 10,000 garment workers’ families, and hopefully 50,000 by the end of the year. Lost Stock: 'It's like buying your future self a present' 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Andrew Tillett-Saks, a labor organizer in Yangon, said he had seen a surge in unionizing by garment workers in Myanmar over the last 18 months — and a reaction from factory owners. Union Garment Workers Fear ‘an Opportunity to Get Rid of Us’ 2020-05-08T04:00:00Z In Bangladesh, one million garment workers like Ms. Khatun — 7 percent of the country’s work force, and many of them informally employed — lost their jobs because of the global lockdowns. Millions Had Risen Out of Poverty. Coronavirus Is Pulling Them Back. 2020-04-30T04:00:00Z Most of Bangladesh’s 4 million garment workers, mostly women from rural areas, were sent home in late March. May Day marks pain, not celebration for workers hit by virus 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Many garment workers are undocumented or paid under the table, rendering them ineligible for unemployment or other government benefits. The sweatshops are still open. Now they make masks 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z A century ago, it buried garment workers killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist fire and those who fell to the Spanish flu. Cemetery races to keep up as New York virus deaths mount 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z That won’t cover the $90 she pays each month for her microfinance loan, a ubiquitous form of debt that an estimated 4 in 5 garment workers access to help make ends meet. New clothes pile up at Cambodian factories. Coronavirus forces U.S. brands to cancel orders 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z "Their attitude is one of protecting only shareholder value without any regard to the garment worker, behaving in a hypocritical manner, showing complete disregard to their ethos of responsible sourcing," Vijay Mahtaney said. Clothing makers in Asia give stark virus warning 2020-04-09T04:00:00Z As a garment worker, she got food stamps. It took her 20 years to claw out of poverty. Coronavirus could take it all away 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z “If we’re elevating garment workers to essential workers, brands need to elevate their labor standards and offer some form of hazard pay.” The sweatshops are still open. Now they make masks 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z As she walked to her job as a garment worker, Rima Khatun was passing the Natural Sweater Village on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, when a boiler exploded inside. After Factory Disaster, Bangladesh Made Big Safety Strides. Are the Bad Days Coming Back? 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z These days, the garment workers have been replaced by computer programmers, software engineers and graphic designers. Why Shiny New Tech Companies Love Old Industrial Buildings 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Her grandfather was involved in one of the most prominent garment workers’ unions during its heyday. To Guide the Labor Movement’s Future, She Looks to Its Past 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Jamerson Leon, who lives with his wife in a small apartment on 39th Street, stands as a security guard for the evening shift of garment workers walking to their cars. Once housed, two friends find themselves homeless again 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z After Aunt Emily was released from her rehab center, my grandmother, divorced and in her 50s, retired early from her job as a garment worker to care for her at home. Opinion | My Family Cared for My Sick Aunt. Who’s Caring for Us? 2019-10-25T04:00:00Z According to Labour Behind the Label, a nonprofit advocating workers’ rights, 80 percent of garment workers in Bangladesh say they have experienced or witnessed sexual violence and harassment on the job. After Factory Disaster, Bangladesh Made Big Safety Strides. Are the Bad Days Coming Back? 2020-03-01T05:00:00Z Ms. Warren delivered the speech blocks from the site of the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire of 1911, which killed 146 garment workers, most of them immigrant women. Bill de Blasio Bows Out, Elizabeth Warren’s Big Speech: This Week in the 2020 Race 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z It was the workplace of garment workers making clothes for some of the world’s leading fast-fashion retailers. Ethical fashion campaigner Livia Firth: ‘We have turned a corner finally’ 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z She spoke near the site of the Triangle shirtwaist factory fire of 1911, which killed 146 garment workers, most of them women. Elizabeth Warren, at Washington Sq. Park Rally, Promises to Take On Corruption 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z The executive director of the Guild, David Young, a onetime organizer for the garment workers union, has characterized the Big Four as a “ruthless oligopoly” interested only in “maximizing returns for Wall Street.” Perspective | Big agencies and studios have a lock on Hollywood. It’s high time to apply antitrust law. 2019-09-06T04:00:00Z In Tamil Nadu, the government said they would monitor the health of the garment workers. Why are menstruating women removing their wombs? 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z However, some garment workers in Leicester are paid an average of £3 an hour – way under the national minimum wage – MPs heard in evidence. The real cost of cheap, fast fashion – to workers and to the planet 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z Hundreds of Bangladeshi garment workers and members of labor organizations rallied in Dhaka, the capital, to demand better working conditions and higher wages. Labor activists rally around the world to mark May Day 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z Rahayu, a factory garment worker, said the first thing she would say when she sees Aisyah is to ask her not to work overseas again. Indonesian woman’s village celebrates her newfound freedom 2019-03-12T04:00:00Z But over the past few days, Ali has been recruiting dozens of women, from garment workers to domestic helpers who barely get a day off. Women take to the streets of Pakistan to rewrite their place in society 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Informal workers like Meena - women employed as domestic workers, construction labour, garment workers and vendors - make up 94% of India's female workforce. The women left behind by #MeToo in India 2019-02-09T05:00:00Z The findings from the University of California report constitute some of the most comprehensive assessments of conditions facing home-based garment workers to date. Made for Next to Nothing. Worn by You? 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z There, on March 25, 1911, a fire broke out, killing 146 garment workers, primarily women and immigrants, who were trapped in the building. Philharmonic Piece Inspired by Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Set to Debut 2019-01-23T05:00:00Z But the Labour MP Rushanara Ali, who is the government’s trade envoy to Bangladesh, called on the band do more to help impoverished Bangladeshi garment workers and “learn from this terrible mistake”. Tesco, Mothercare and M&S use factory paying workers 35p an hour 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z Globally, less than 10% of garment workers are in trade unions, she added. Why are wages so low for garment workers in Bangladesh? 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z His father, Louis, was a garment worker, and his mother, Tilly, was a homemaker. Nathan Glazer, Urban Sociologist and Outspoken Intellectual, Dies at 95 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z But despite their role in transforming the impoverished nation into a major manufacturing hub, garment workers remain some of the lowest paid in the world. Bangladesh strikes: thousands of garment workers clash with police over poor pay 2019-01-13T05:00:00Z This April was the fifth anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster, in which more than 1,100 garment workers died when the building they were working in collapsed. Bright future? Fashion's watershed year as it moves from waste to woke 2018-12-31T05:00:00Z If Hasina retains power, one of her first jobs will be to address the demands of garment workers for higher minimum wages. Bangladesh votes in general election; PM Hasina expected to hold power 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z But he said the ultimate goal was to divert some of the garment workers to mobile phone and electronics manufacturing. Exclusive: For Bangladesh PM, authoritarian tag is "badge of... 2018-12-29T05:00:00Z Teamsters, garment workers, carpenters and others built pensions over years of work even as they moved from one employer to the next, because multiple employers in each industry participate in jointly run plans. Opinion | Before the post-election bonhomie fades, here is one thing Congress should fix 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z Ms. Trott chased the thief down Sixth Avenue and managed to pin him down to the ground with help from garment workers in the area. 70-Year-Old Woman Found Dead, Her Throat Slashed, on Upper West Side 2018-10-21T04:00:00Z Chin grew up in public housing on Sixty-fourth Street, the daughter of a restaurant worker and a garment worker. The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action 2018-10-08T04:00:00Z By contrast, the minimum wage for Cambodian garment workers amounts to about one-fifth of that. Trump’s tariffs may hurt as trade war worsens, but quitting China is hard to do. Why other countries can’t fill the bill. 2018-09-24T04:00:00Z The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in 1911 killed more than 140 garment workers who were unable to escape the New York building, and the ensuing controversy led to the strengthening of labor unions. 7 terrific books about America's labor movement 2018-09-03T04:00:00Z Ever since garment workers flocked to the opposition in the 2013 elections, Mr. Hun Sen has courted this demographic, regularly holding rallies where he handed out envelopes of cash. Cambodia Votes for a Leader, With the Result Predetermined by One 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z The song became an anthem of an array of causes: Striking garment workers and protesting subway workers sang “God Bless America” in the 1940s and ’50s. The surprising history of “God Bless America,” the patriotic hymn Trump might have forgotten 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z Tola Moeun, director of Central Cambodia, an NGO involved in the research, said abuse was a daily reality for female garment workers driven to meet unrealistic targets in H&M and Gap’s supply chains. Abuse is daily reality for female garment workers for Gap and H&M, says report 2018-06-05T04:00:00Z Kenya had half a million garment workers a couple of decades ago. How the US and Rwanda have fallen out over second-hand clothes 2018-05-27T04:00:00Z There was the son of a garment worker who assisted young immigrants. Perspective | Immigrant rights organization moves to D.C. the same day Trump calls some immigrants “animals” 2018-05-18T04:00:00Z She mourned the dissolution of the Cambodia National Rescue Party, which she said had worked to guarantee basic rights for garment workers. Cambodia Votes for a Leader, With the Result Predetermined by One 2018-07-29T04:00:00Z On a cool February morning, Mr. Hun Sen addressed 10,000 young garment workers on the outskirts of Phnom Penh. Embracing China, Facebook and Himself, Cambodia’s Ruler Digs In 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z As he sings, images of farmworkers and garment workers, of kids picking oranges and women focused on sewing machines, flash. California Sounds: Thundercat gets chopped and screwed, Quitapenas honors migrant workers and Charlie Overbey celebrates Eddie Spaghetti 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z It was set up by a Jewish garment worker called Robert Feldman, who passed a basement restaurant on his way home and stopped for a cup of tea. Top spots for words and music revealed 2018-02-05T05:00:00Z The son of a garment worker, Ginsberg went to Columbia University. Perspective | What a howl: Here’s the background story to ‘The Werewolf of Washington’ 2018-01-09T05:00:00Z HYDERABAD, India — Ivanka Trump called Tuesday for greater efforts to help women start businesses and contribute to the global economy, but there was no mention of her company’s use of low-wage garment workers. Ivanka Trump’s whirlwind India tour includes a speech, a palace dinner – and criticism about low-wage workers 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z “Without us, there would still be war, and you wouldn’t have the choice to work in factories,” he told the garment workers. Embracing China, Facebook and Himself, Cambodia’s Ruler Digs In 2018-03-17T04:00:00Z International human-rights and labor advocates say Trump is failing to use her platform to illuminate the conditions facing female garment workers around the world. Ivanka Trump to promote women in India amid questions about garment workers who make her clothes there 2017-11-26T05:00:00Z The union had the crazy idea at that time to put on a musical comedy performed entirely by garment workers. I didn't understand how widespread rape was. Then the penny dropped | David Graeber 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z “We have been waiting for you for a long time,” said Mohammed Nadeem, 35, a garment worker. In Pakistan, Sunday's election plays into larger struggle for democracy 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z His demand was part of an anti-American tirade in a speech to garment workers Friday. Cambodian leader, angry with US, wants Peace Corps out 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z Most garment workers are paid by the piece, according to the Labor Department’s 2016 investigation. Behind a $13 shirt, a $6-an-hour worker 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z More than 1,100 people, mostly garment workers, were killed and 2,500 others were injured when the building that housed five garment factories collapsed. Bangladesh jails owner of building that collapsed in 2013 2017-08-29T04:00:00Z The lush plants made Louis Vasquez, 76, a retired garment worker, pause on the sidewalk. Prime Parking Spaces for People, Not Cars 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z An estimated 1,500 garment workers were suspended or fired. Ivanka Inc. 2017-07-14T04:00:00Z Back then, Latino garment workers used to cash their paycheck at Dearden’s. After 108 years, Dearden's is closing its stores. For many Latinos, it was more than just about housewares 2017-06-28T04:00:00Z Independent studies suggest a third of garment workers are underweight. Revealed: mass faintings in Cambodian factories supplying Nike and Puma 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z The factories employ 734 local people who, according to the spokeswoman, are paid average Romanian garment worker wages. Revealed: the Romanian site where Louis Vuitton makes its Italian shoes 2017-06-17T04:00:00Z Police detained 70 people in Istanbul as they tried to march, garment workers in Cambodia defied a government ban to demand higher wages, and workers in Spain deplored the country’s 19 percent jobless rate. May Day marked with defiant rallies for worker rights 2017-05-01T04:00:00Z Her strategies as a campaigner are radical and systematic: she is working with lawyers to find a legal remedy to improve garment workers’ lives. Sustainable style: will Gen Z help the fashion industry clean up its act? 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Her father was employed at an art-supply store, and her mother was a garment worker. Aileen Hernandez, former NOW president who fought for women’s and minority rights, dies at 90 2017-03-01T05:00:00Z On this day in 1908, 15,000 women garment workers, the majority of them immigrants, marched through the heart of Manhattan to demand better pay, shorter work hours and suffrage. Strikes were a part of Women's Day before. With Trump, they will be again | Cinzia Arruzza and Tithi Bhattacharya 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z By the city’s own statistics, the same figure for garment workers, most of them immigrants already living in Sunset Park, is only $16,710. Bill de Blasio Seeks a Runway to Vogue Voters 2017-02-17T05:00:00Z Like generations of garment workers before him, Max Hernandez came to New York City to get his start behind a sewing machine. New York Tries to Revive Garment Industry, Outside the Garment District 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z The recent introduction of cheap, fast fashion, she says, “shows no signs of releasing its stranglehold on the fashion industry, or of bringing substantively better lives for garment workers.” Sustainable style: will Gen Z help the fashion industry clean up its act? 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z They are the sons and daughters of housekeepers, dishwashers, fast-food cooks, farm laborers, landscapers, garment workers who stitch labels onto clothing and contractors who build swimming pools for affluent homeowners along the coast. Creating a Safe Space for California Dreamers 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z “There is no scope to increase the wages of ready-made garment workers at this moment,” he says. Police and fear stalk the streets of Dhaka as clothes workers fight for more than £54 a month 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z Federal regulators have uncovered a widespread practice of garment workers, most of them undocumented, being paid below the legal minimum wage, according to a recent Department of Labor report. The hidden cost of made-in-America retail bargains 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z For every farmworker, gardener, nanny, garment worker, or restaurant dishwasher there are multiplier effects that provide jobs to many non-immigrants too – truckers, landscape architects, fashion designers and so on. California prepares to push back on Trump's promise to deport millions 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z This week marks the fourth year since the Rana Plaza disaster, where 1,135 garment workers were killed, and thousands injured, when a building collapsed in Dhaka. Sustainable style: will Gen Z help the fashion industry clean up its act? 2017-04-25T04:00:00Z Today, about nine in 10 of the city’s cabdrivers, garment workers, dishwashers and tile setters are foreign-born. Immigrant New York’s Birth Over 4 Centuries 2016-10-28T04:00:00Z 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 Like most garment workers, he said he was paid by the piece, rather than receiving an hourly wage. The hidden cost of made-in-America retail bargains 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z In 2013, the collapse of a factory building on the outskirts of Dhaka killed more than 1,100 garment workers. Labor Groups Call on Bangladesh to Improve Industrial Safety 2016-09-11T04:00:00Z A year later, a multi-storied commercial complex housing five garment factories and offices collapsed, killing 1,135 people, mostly garment workers near Dhaka. 12 dead, 16 hurt in explosion and fire at Bangladesh factory 2016-09-10T04:00:00Z Near the turn of the last century, the journalist and social reformer Jacob Riis photographed immigrant garment workers sewing knee-pants in a cramped tenement on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. How New York’s Immigrants Lived 2016-07-02T04:00:00Z Bangladeshi garment workers invoke the memory of Jewish and Italian immigrant women workers killed in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire of 1911. The women who took on Wal-Mart: “We started a revolution that has spread around the world” 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z “If there were more dignified alternatives,” says the born-again garment worker, more gangsters would leave. The gangs that cost 16% of GDP 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z The accident occurred in northern Kampong Speu province, the same area where two trucks transporting garment workers crashed in January killing five people and injuring 65. 64 hurt when packed Cambodian garment worker truck flips 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z Local garment workers said they're worried about their livelihoods if the city loses more clothing companies. California minimum wage hike hits L.A. apparel industry: 'The exodus has begun' 2016-04-16T04:00:00Z There were union panels including garment workers, care workers, and tradeswomen from around the world discussing decent work, collective bargaining, organizing, and the UN goals. What Eleanor Roosevelt Said About Equal Pay for Women 2016-04-15T04:00:00Z In the East, Jewish garment workers plastered their walls with his picture. The Democratic Socialist Who Ran for President Almost a Century Ago 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z She wants to use some of the money to award scholarships to children of garment workers and to college and graduate students of labor history. Coalition Pushes for Memorial to the Triangle Fire 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Earlier this year almost 200 female garment workers in Cambodia were hospitalised after fainting in two separate factories. Who, What, Why: Can a 'ripple effect' cause mass fainting? - BBC News 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z He said the “inhuman” conditions the Chinese garment workers were forced to live in “is not dignified work.” Pope denounces ‘cancer’ of exploitation in Italian city 2015-11-10T05:00:00Z A surrogate mother profiled in The Washington Post was paid $8,000: an amount 12 times what she made as a garment worker. India’s ‘rent-a-womb’ industry could close doors to foreigners 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z But doing well by its ideological allies is also good business for Amalgamated, which was founded by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in 1923 to provide loans and savings accounts to garment workers. Owned by Union, Amalgamated Bank Gives Lift to the Left 2015-08-29T04:00:00Z It depicts colorful abstract forms of garment workers’ tools against a luminous gold background. Covered-up 1950s mosaic mural is on public view again in NYC 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Scaasi began his fashion career in the 1950s, when Seventh Avenue was still dominated by blue-collar garment workers and the seasonal wardrobes of society’s most influential ladies were dictated by the aesthetics of Paris. Designer Arnold Scaasi dressed first ladies, celebrities and socialites. How? In feminine shapes, bold colors and sheer pants. 2015-08-04T04:00:00Z Every morning, trucks of garment workers pour into Phnom Penh from the provinces, supplying factories on the city’s outskirts that fuel the booming industry. Inside Phnom Penh's empty new skyscraper: 'This is only for excellencies' 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Chinese garment workers earned anywhere from $155 to $297 a month as of Jan. 1, the date when many countries adjust their wages annually, the ILO said. Search for Ever Cheaper Garment Factories Leads to Africa 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z His father, a blacksmith in Kiev, became a garment worker. Jack Rollins Dies at 100; Sharpened Talent Like Woody Allen’s 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The garment workers at the company had been attempting to unionize to gain better wages and improved working conditions. 25 Moments That Changed America 2015-06-04T04:00:00Z Two years ago on April 24, the eight-story structure collapsed, crushing and maiming thousands of garment workers under broken concrete slabs and twisted metal. Two years after Bangladesh factory collapse, a struggle to set things right 2015-04-22T04:00:00Z A complex of shops and small factories collapsed in 2013 killing more than 1,130 people, most of them garment workers. Bangladesh factory collapse traps about 100 workers; four dead 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z Nova suggests a model recently struck with garment workers in Bangladesh, following the horrific factory fires in 2012. Conditions for people who make your gadgets are improving — barely 2015-02-19T05:00:00Z Prices raced ahead of wages, triggering massive strikes of coal miners, steelworkers, longshoremen, garment workers and others. Robert Samuelson: The key to stronger economic recoveries? For garment workers, wage theft takes many forms: Employers pay workers a smaller rate than agreed, sometimes below minimum wage. Southern California is hotbed for wage theft in garment industry 2014-11-15T05:00:00Z He also employs more garment workers than anyone else in the U.S. and pays them living wages. American Apparel Might Just Keep Dov Charney 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z In January, when tens of thousands of underpaid garment workers marched in Phnom Penh to demand a living wage, police opened fire with machine guns, killing four people and wounding dozens more. Australia's Plan to Outsource Refugees Won't Work 2014-09-29T04:00:00Z A new pattern: In 1995, authorities found dozens of undocumented garment workers in El Monte toiling in slave-like conditions surrounded by razor wire. How I Made It: California Fashion Assn. president Ilse Metchek 2014-09-21T04:00:00Z Some factory owners worry about losing large and profitable orders to other companies and countries, and garment workers themselves fear losing their jobs. Stalemate Over Garment Factory Safety in Bangladesh 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z They’ve backed immigration reform and marriage equality and called for a global minimum wage for garment workers. Wait, What? Why American Apparel really ousted it's CEO 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z Could a garment worker somewhere in the developing world really reach across the heads of managers, unions, manufacturers, governments, western multinationals and shopfloors into the wardrobe of an ordinary shopper, to make a complaint? This cry for help on a Primark label can't be ignored 2014-06-25T04:00:00Z 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 The fire at the Triangle Waist Company at Greene Street and Washington Place killed 146 garment workers, most of them young girls, and was a turning point in New York City history. Notable Fires in the New York City Area 2014-06-20T04:00:00Z Yet almost from the start, the contest featured working women: secretaries and schoolteachers, medical assistants and garment workers. Mona Freeman, First ‘Miss Subways,’ Dies at 87 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z Last year, this included a proposal on corporate governance delivered by a former Bangladesh factory worker months after the deadly Rana Plaza disaster killed over 1,000 garment workers. Walmart Plans Family Succession As Low-Wage Worker Plea Voted Down At Meeting 2014-06-06T04:00:00Z In late December and early January, hundreds of thousands of Cambodian garment workers joined a union-led strike calling for the minimum monthly wage to be raised to $160. Cambodian Garment Workers Go Free After Convictions for Strikes 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z When the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, last year, more than 1,130 garment workers were killed, crushed under eight stories of concrete. 'I survived the Bangladesh factory collapse' 2014-04-23T20:57:12Z The long-term welfare of garment workers and their families will ultimately depend on the follow-through of foreign brands whose buying power shapes the industry. Year After Tragedy, Startup Aims To Change Equation For Bangladesh Clothing Workers 2014-04-24T22:46:00Z When the Rana Plaza factory building collapsed in the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, last year, 1,129 garment workers were killed, crushed under eight stories of concrete. 'I survived the Bangladesh factory collapse' 2014-04-23T20:57:12Z Robots have replaced countless machinists and garment workers. It’s the Economy: Hey, Robot: Which Cat Is Cuter? 2014-04-01T09:21:10Z Even in the face of violence, activists continue campaigning to raise Cambodia’s minimum wage and improve conditions for garment workers. Cambodian Garment Workers Go Free After Convictions for Strikes 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Unions were building 12 apartment buildings in the neighborhood to house 4,500 families, mostly garment workers. They Kept a Lower East Side Lot Vacant for 47 Years 2014-03-21T16:02:50Z As I wrote last year, International Women’s Day traces its origins back to a protest by women garment workers in New York against poor working conditions. International Women's Day: Mainstream Messaging For The Radical Cause Of Full Economic Empowerment 2014-03-07T20:28:00Z Dr. Nuland’s adolescent years were dominated by his father, Meyer Nudelman, a garment worker who was incapacitated by chronic illness, physical infirmities and his resistance to a new way of life. Sherwin B. Nuland, ‘How We Die’ Author, Dies at 83 2014-03-05T00:21:56Z And you know, models are highly visible, whereas garment workers are not. Liposuction, eating disorders and sexual coercion: High fashion’s ugly secrets 2014-02-13T13:30:00Z Even with the increase, the wages paid to garment workers in Bangladesh will remain among the lowest in the world. Today's Economist: The Challenges of Running Responsible Supply Chains 2014-02-07T05:01:49Z Activists said 10 people were also hurt in Sunday's clashes, when protesters marched to demand higher wages for garment workers and the release of 23 people detained during the Jan. 2-4 crackdown. Cambodian Police Break Up Broadcaster's Protest 2014-01-27T09:04:14Z In 1908, the Socialist Party of American established a day to support the garment workers and a year later, behind the slogan “Bread and Roses,” the commemoration spread to . International Women's Day: Mainstream Messaging For The Radical Cause Of Full Economic Empowerment 2014-03-07T20:28:00Z On Thursday, Cambodian soldiers broke up another protest by striking garment workers, with witnesses saying some protesters were hurt. Workers killed in Cambodia clashes 2014-01-03T06:15:11Z How do you see the connection between your work and the work of garment workers in Bangladesh? Liposuction, eating disorders and sexual coercion: High fashion’s ugly secrets 2014-02-13T13:30:00Z Horrific factory tragedies often prompt powerful public calls for reform, and the Rana Plaza fire that killed more than 1,100 garment workers in Bangladesh almost a year ago is no exception. Today's Economist: The Challenges of Running Responsible Supply Chains 2014-02-07T05:01:49Z A weeklong strike by garment workers turned deadly as police shot and killed at least three people and wounded several others in an attempt to break up a protest for higher wages. Photos of the Day: Jan. 3 2014-01-03T20:01:42Z Police opened fire on striking Cambodian garment workers, killing three and injuring several more. Day in pictures: 3 January 2104 2014-01-03T11:43:24Z Bangladesh, the world's second-largest apparel exporter after China, this month raised wages for garment workers after a string of factory accidents thrust poor pay and conditions into the international spotlight. Bangladesh issues warrant for fire disaster factory owner 2013-12-31T10:22:54Z And you have models on the one hand, and garment workers on the other, who you know are working under very different socioeconomic conditions. Liposuction, eating disorders and sexual coercion: High fashion’s ugly secrets 2014-02-13T13:30:00Z His mission: place dollar values on the injuries and deaths of the garment workers. A Complicated Calculus for Bangladesh Victims 2013-12-24T19:34:19Z Around 1,100 people, most of them garment workers, died when the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka collapsed in April this year. VIDEO: Bangladesh factory fund set-up 2013-12-24T16:12:35Z The Bangladeshi government announced steps to improve conditions for its three million garment workers - most of whom are women. Charges over Bangladesh factory fire 2013-12-22T08:24:05Z Some nights he hears the screams of the garment workers he tried to rescue from the wreckage of the Rana Plaza factory building. After Collapse, Bleak Struggle 2013-12-19T02:53:02Z Bangladesh has been racked by violent protests sparked by the tribunal's rulings, disagreements over the election, and anger among garment workers over low pay and poor conditions. Condemned Islamist leader wins 11th hour reprieve in Bangladesh 2013-12-10T19:39:22Z Police say that the fire follows protests by garment workers to demand higher wages and better conditions. Arson blamed for big Bangladesh fire 2013-11-29T09:46:16Z Hundreds of garment workers and activists gathered in front of the Rana Plaza site seven months after its collapse. Changes to Bangladesh garment industry grind ahead, but slowly 2013-11-26T22:30:00Z "It's similar work," says Lovely, a 20-year-old former garment worker in the Rana Plaza building who goes by one name. Reality Squeezes Startup in Bangladesh 2013-11-20T01:45:40Z "We are working to ensure decent pay for garment workers," he told reporters after a meeting trade unions. Bangladesh factories agree to pay rise, but protests go on 2013-11-14T11:17:01Z Police fired live ammunition during clashes with protesting garment workers outside Cambodia's capital Tuesday, killing a bystander and injuring at least 20 others, rights groups said. Photos of the Day: Nov. 12 2013-11-12T21:53:36Z Collapsing factories and raging fires are only some of the obstacles Bangladeshi garment workers must overcome while trying to support themselves. Bangladeshi Workers Need a Real Wage 2013-11-06T06:35:26Z A garment worker who survived the Rana Plaza building collapse takes part in a protest with her child to demand compensation, on the six-month anniversary of the incident, in front of the site in Savar. Week in pictures: 19-25 October 2013 2013-10-25T19:47:25Z Its labour costs less than any of its Asian rivals’: even a near tripling in the minimum wage, to $100 a month, as garment workers are demanding from the government, would not change this. Bangladesh’s clothing industry: Bursting at the seams 2013-10-24T15:01:56Z Mr Lister added that Primark would also welcome a rise in the minimum wage for garment workers. Primark extends Bangladesh payments 2013-10-24T06:20:37Z The incident was the first involving the forced confinement of a factory boss in months of confrontation between management and workers earning minimum wages equivalent to $38 a month, half what Cambodian garment workers earn. Bangladesh garment factory workers detain boss until he pays bonus 2013-10-14T10:21:15Z In April more than 1,100 garment workers were killed in the collapse of a factory building near Dhaka - the deadliest industrial accident since 1984 Bhopal disaster in India. Fire kills at least two people at Bangladesh garment factory 2013-10-08T17:47:03Z The firm wants to see factories improve labor conditions for garment workers, including better compensation and training. NY firm sees investment opportunity in garment factories 2013-09-27T20:20:13Z A stone memorial remembers the 1,133 garment workers who died. Dhaka factory collapse missing 'not dead' 2013-09-16T23:23:10Z In 2007, more than a dozen garment workers at the PT. Linking Factories to the Malls, Middleman Pushes Low Costs 2013-08-08T02:20:17Z "I do believe that wages haven't kept up with inflation and that is very challenging for garment workers," says Jill Tucker, the chief technical adviser with the ILO's Better Factories programme in Cambodia. Cambodia's garment industry at crossroads 2013-08-06T21:28:41Z The CNRP's election promises included pay rises for civil servants and garment workers. Opposition vows mass protest over Cambodian election deadlock 2013-08-06T05:18:07Z His father, a garment worker, and mother, a seamstress, were Jewish immigrants from Europe. Herb Kaplow, Voice of ABC and NBC News, Dies at 86 2013-07-30T00:18:41Z Labor leaders say that is a major reason so few of the nation’s 5,500 garment factories and four million garment workers are unionized. U.S., Urging Worker Safety, Outlines Steps for Bangladesh to Regain Its Trade Privileges 2013-07-20T00:05:08Z Under Pressure, Bangladesh Adopts New Labor Law Facing intense international pressure to improve conditions for garment workers, Bangladeshi lawmakers amended the country’s labor law this week. Under Pressure, Bangladesh Adopts New Labor Law 2013-07-17T02:14:37Z Some 1,132 garment workers died when a badly maintained factory building collapsed in Bangladesh in April. Loblaw bid for Shoppers would expand Weston family empire 2013-07-15T19:38:04Z Its current $38-per-month minimum pay is half what Cambodian garment workers earn. Stronger labor law in Bangladesh after garment factory collapse 2013-07-15T09:13:17Z Less than two miles from the site of Rana Plaza, the Genda primary school has a student body made up mostly of the children of garment workers. Bangladesh Pollution, Told in Colors and Smells 2013-07-15T01:34:31Z Taylor also mentioned cases of games like Sweatshop HD, the politically charged game about garment workers that Taylor helped commission while at Channel 4. Develop 2013 highlights: free-to-play, leftfield consoles and more 2013-07-12T16:18:00Z What sets Bangladeshi garment workers apart is that they perish on the job with depressing frequency. Portraits of Pain: Inside the Haunting Images of Bangladesh's Factory Collapse 2013-07-12T03:35:29Z Bangladesh’s Rana Plaza factory collapse of April 24 claimed the lives of 1,129 garment workers and opened the world’s eyes to the true cost of cheap, throwaway fashion. Wal-Mart's Safety Plan in Bangladesh Draws Ire 2013-07-11T22:50:29Z After the Rana Plaza collapse, the cabinet approved changes to the labor laws that pave the way for garment workers to create trade unions without the approval of factory owners. For cost-crunching retailers, Bangladesh reigns supreme 2013-07-09T21:14:21Z The Rana Plaza factory building in Bangladesh after it collapsed in April, killing over 1,000 garment workers. Government summons retailers in effort to avoid another factory disaster 2013-07-03T19:09:41Z A retired garment worker from Staten Island, Mr. Fundaro said he was glad Winners existed, but he seemed frustrated, even angry, that it was necessary. | Bayonne: Off-Track Betting, Off Staten Island 2013-06-27T21:32:52Z Primark has registered over 3,300 garment workers in Rana Plaza and pledged to give a onetime payment equivalent to three months’ wages to each. Portraits of Pain: Inside the Haunting Images of Bangladesh's Factory Collapse 2013-07-12T03:35:29Z Strikes by the more than 300,000 garment workers in the country nearly quadrupled last year to 134, industry body the Garment Manufacturers' Association of Cambodia says. Cambodian garment workers charged over strike violence 2013-06-18T11:03:24Z In April, Rana Plaza collapsed in Bangladesh, killing more than 1,100 garment workers. Walmart's Promises? It's Complicated 2013-06-14T10:00:16Z The number of strikes by the country's more than 300,000 garment workers nearly quadrupled last year to 134, according to the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia, the main industry body. Nearly 300 Cambodian garment makers fired over strikes 2013-06-11T10:36:03Z Aktar is one of the hundreds of garment workers who suffered debilitating injuries when the Rana Plaza complex came down outside Dhaka on 24 April, killing at least 1,127 people. Bangladesh garment industry under scrutiny following factory collapse 2013-06-06T13:44:43Z Other initiatives to improve conditions include a rise in the monthly minimum wage for garment workers, now set at $38. No new cash for garment industry safety in Bangladesh budget 2013-06-06T12:40:18Z More than 3,000 garment workers were on shift at the time of the collapse, most of them making clothing for Western retailers. Dhaka collapse survivor goes home 2013-06-06T11:36:49Z Strikes by the country's more than 300,000 garment workers nearly quadrupled last year to 134, according to the Garment Manufacturers Association of Cambodia, the main industry body. Not just Bangladesh, garment makers pressured in Cambodia as well 2013-06-06T03:41:25Z During his visit Mr Duncan toured the Babylon factory, which produces clothes for Tesco and other UK buyers, and raised the issue of garment workers' conditions at a meeting with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. UK's £18m aid for Bangladesh workers 2013-06-05T01:17:58Z The human toll of the Rana Plaza accident has sent shockwaves around the world, focusing attention on the lives of the country's 4 million garment workers. Bangladesh garment industry under scrutiny following factory collapse 2013-06-06T13:44:43Z On Thursday, thousands of garment workers took to the streets in Ashulia, the industrial belt near Dhaka, demanding wage increases and other benefits. Dhaka collapse probe uncovers abuses 2013-05-23T11:28:28Z The government in Dhaka has also announced plans to raise the the minimum wage for garment workers. Working conditions in the fashion industry: news and teaching resources round up 2013-05-19T06:00:00Z They also want to see less emphasis on making garment workers more productive in return for better wages, and more emphasis just on better wages. Ethical shopping: how the high street fashion stores rate 2013-05-17T19:25:27Z It also formed a wage board to consider pay increases for ready-made garment workers. Bangladesh factories shut by worker protests to reopen Friday 2013-05-16T09:57:34Z As Duncan visited the area, garment workers and the families of Rana Plaza victims staged a protest at the site of the accident. Bangladesh garment industry under scrutiny following factory collapse 2013-06-06T13:44:43Z People rescuing garment workers at the Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh. Walmart opts out of Bangladesh safety agreement 2013-05-15T10:18:00Z Facts and figures on child labour by UNICEFMany garment workers across the globe are children. Working conditions in the fashion industry: news and teaching resources round up 2013-05-19T06:00:00Z Aminul Islam was active in fighting for garment workers' rights but his body was found dumped outside Dhaka in April 2012 bearing clear signs of torture. Pressure tells on Bangladesh retailers and government 2013-05-14T11:52:41Z Earlier this week, the cabinet approved an amendment to Bangladesh's labor laws, paving the way for parliament to allow garment workers to form trade unions without prior approval from the factory owners. Bangladesh factories shut by worker protests to reopen Friday 2013-05-16T09:57:34Z The day before, the government set up a new minimum wage board that will issue recommendations to the Cabinet for pay raises for garment workers. Bangladesh honors victims of building collapse 2013-05-14T12:21:00Z On Monday, it altered the country's labour law to allow garment workers to form unions. Retailers in Bangladesh safety pact 2013-05-14T03:35:39Z The amendment was endorsed a day after the government decided to form a wage board to consider pay increases for readymade garment workers. Bangladesh rescue operation near end; collapse death toll at 1,127 2013-05-14T01:29:04Z On Sunday, the government also announced a plan to raise the minimum wage for garment workers, who are paid some of the lowest wages in the world to sew clothing bound for global retailers. Fashion chains sign accord to help finance safety in Bangladesh factories 2013-05-13T18:11:52Z Nearly 80 percent of garment workers are women, many of them poorly educated and from rural villages. Bangladesh’s Cabinet Approves Changes to Labor Laws 2013-05-13T15:02:14Z On Monday, the government agreed to allow garment workers to form trade unions without permission from factory owners as part of growing concessions for industry reform. Bangladesh search draws to close 2013-05-13T14:08:05Z Also Monday, the government agreed to allow the country’s garment workers to form trade unions without permission from factory owners as part of growing concessions for industry reform following the building collapse. Bangladesh to end search for victims of building collapse 2013-05-13T11:37:00Z There is also another practical way to help ensure better standards for Bangladeshi garment workers. After the Savar tragedy, time for an international minimum wage 2013-05-12T15:51:51Z He says the retailers have not done nearly enough to improve workplace safety for the more than three million garment workers in Bangladesh. Clothing Retailers Pressed on Bangladesh Factory Safety 2013-05-11T01:10:15Z Government officials on Sunday announced the creation of a new wage board that would begin discussions between labor and management on setting a new minimum wage for garment workers. Bangladesh’s Cabinet Approves Changes to Labor Laws 2013-05-13T15:02:14Z A female garment worker, Reshma, was the last survivor to be pulled from the wreckage, 17 days after the building collapsed. Bangladesh search draws to close 2013-05-13T14:08:05Z “The issue is not really about making a new law or amending the old one,” said Kalpana Akter of the Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity, a group campaigning for garment workers’ rights. Bangladesh to end search for victims of building collapse 2013-05-13T11:37:00Z DHAKA, Bangladesh—Rescue workers pulled a female garment worker from the rubble of Rana Plaza Friday, 16 days after the building collapsed killing more than 1,000 people. Survivor Rescued in Bangladesh Rubble 2013-05-10T12:42:10Z After hundreds of garment workers protested on Tuesday for compensation, the authorities began disbursing salaries and other benefits on Wednesday. Death Toll Passes 800 in Bangladesh Disaster 2013-05-09T00:19:02Z After hundreds of garment workers protested for compensation Tuesday, authorities started disbursing salaries and other benefits. Death toll of Bangladesh building collapse crosses 800 2013-05-08T13:27:00Z Hundreds of garment workers who survived the disaster blocked a major highway near the accident site in a Dhaka suburb on Tuesday to demand the payment of wages and other benefits. Death toll of Bangladesh building collapse tops 700 2013-05-07T11:35:00Z Except for a lone woman, a garment worker. Struggle in Bangladesh to Save Collapse Survivor 2013-05-05T19:40:35Z Wednesday marked the mass burial of unidentified garment workers in a large pit in Savar. Fashion still doesn't give a damn about the deaths of garment workers 2013-05-04T23:06:17Z "After this accident we are very scared and worried about such an accident happening at our factory," said garment worker Farida Parveen. Bangladesh urges no harsh EU measures over factory deaths 2013-05-04T09:50:01Z Relatives mourn as they show pictures of garment workers, who are believed to be trapped under the rubble of the collapsed Rana Plaza building, near Dhaka. Bangladesh factory collapse could force rethink for garment industry 2013-05-03T14:32:46Z At least 3,500 garment workers were inside the multistory Rana Plaza building when it crumpled in on itself on April 24. Why Big Fashion Labels Shouldn't Pull Out of Bangladesh 2013-05-03T10:05:22Z Cambodian garment workers rallied in the streets of Phnom Penh to demand higher wages. In pictures: May Day action 2013-05-01T14:45:02Z Either way, garment workers will be trying to complete near-impossible orders. Fashion still doesn't give a damn about the deaths of garment workers 2013-05-04T23:06:17Z In Rome, Pope Francis voiced sympathy for Bangladeshi garment workers on Wednesday, saying he was shocked to learn that many of them earned just $40 a month. Some Retailers Rethink Their Role in BangladeshRS = 15 2013-05-02T03:01:32Z In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, garment workers attended a march on the streets to mark International Labor Day. Labor Day Around the World 2013-05-01T11:59:07Z In the hospital in Dhaka, Parveen Akhter, a garment worker whose leg was broken, is also skeptical of the government’s promises. Why Big Fashion Labels Shouldn't Pull Out of Bangladesh 2013-05-03T10:05:22Z Cambodian garment workers rallied in the streets of Phnom Penh to demand higher wages on 1 May. In Pictures: May Day action 2013-05-01T09:42:06Z Because garment workers are always there, bulking up the casualty lists of the biggest industrial accidents, and setting new mortality records. Fashion still doesn't give a damn about the deaths of garment workers 2013-05-04T23:06:17Z The Disney ban also extends to other countries, including Pakistan, where a fire last September killed 262 garment workers. Some Retailers Rethink Their Role in BangladeshRS = 15 2013-05-02T03:01:32Z In Phnom Penh, Cambodia, garment workers attended a march on the streets to mark International Labor Day. Labor Day Around the World 2013-05-01T11:59:07Z Short link for this page: http://gu.com/p/3ffqm The hand of a garment worker is seen among the rubble of the Rana Plaza building. Savar, Bangladesh - picture of the day 2013-04-30T12:37:00Z Was your shirt or jeans stitched by one of the nearly 1,000 garment workers who were injured or killed in the recent factory collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh? Is Your Shirt From Here? 2013-04-30T08:45:00Z Mohammad Hanif, 42, was among several hundred garment workers who died when a building collapsed in Savar near Dhaka last week. Dhaka building collapse: Shattered lives 2013-04-28T18:50:29Z Rescue workers toil through the night to find garment workers trapped in the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar, Bangladesh. Bangladesh factory owners and building engineers arrested 2013-04-27T12:26:36Z On Friday, at least 10,000 people joined protests calling for the arrest of the building's owner and for the government to improve conditions for garment workers. Arrests over Dhaka building collapse 2013-04-27T03:41:25Z Anger over the working conditions of Bangladesh's 3.6 million garment workers - most of whom are women - has grown since the disaster, triggering protests and clashes with police. Two arrested as Bangladesh building toll rises to 325 2013-04-27T04:36:17Z A Bangladeshi garment worker pulled alive from the rubble of Rana Plaza is rushed to hospital. Bangladesh building collapse: official response fuels fury 2013-04-26T13:51:02Z Rescue workers cut off the garment worker’s mangled right hand to pull her free from the debris Thursday night. Death toll in Bangladesh factory collapse eclipses 300 2013-04-26T11:20:00Z Thousands of garment workers also staged protests in industrial districts ringing the capital. Firms Feel Pressure as Toll Rises in Bangladesh 2013-04-26T09:29:19Z On Tuesday, garment workers were evacuated from Rana Plaza after a major crack appeared on the exterior wall. Bangladesh Protests Turn Violent 2013-04-26T09:06:24Z Anger over the working conditions of Bangladesh's 3.6 million garment workers, the overwhelming majority of them women, has grown steadily since the building collapse. Dozens rescued, hundreds missing, as Bangladesh toll tops 270 2013-04-26T06:07:42Z MOURNING: A relative mourned near the body of a garment worker, one of the more than 230 people killed when a factory collapsed Wednesday in Savar, Bangladesh. Photos of the Day: April 25 2013-04-25T20:35:39Z Outside the complex, hundreds of garment workers gathered, some forming human chains to pass bottles of water and flashlights to the rescuers. Bangladesh building collapse: anger amid desperate search for survivors 2013-04-25T17:58:28Z Bangladeshi garment workers help evacuate a survivor using lengths of textile as a slide to evacuate from the rubble after an eight-storey building collapsed in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on April 24, 2013. Many Dead as Factory in Bangladesh Collapses 2013-04-25T03:05:20Z Just over a century ago, a deadly fire swept through a blouse factory in Manhattan, killing 146 garment workers, most of them immigrant women. Texas factory explosion legacy of workplace safety cuts 2013-04-22T10:36:00Z An industry official has said 3,122 people, mainly female garment workers, were inside the building despite warnings that it was structurally unsafe. Dozens rescued, hundreds missing, as Bangladesh toll tops 270 2013-04-26T06:07:42Z MOURNING: A relative mourned near the body of a garment worker, one of the more than 230 people killed when a factory collapsed Wednesday in Savar, Bangladesh. Photos of the Day: April 25 2013-04-25T20:35:39Z International Women’s Day traces its origins back to a protest by women garment workers in against poor working conditions. International Women's Day, Labor, and the Right to Strive #womensday 2013-03-08T16:37:04Z In Bangladesh, factory fires have been a persistent problem, with the International Labor Rights Forum saying more than 600 garment workers have died in such fires since 2005. The Human Price: Bangladesh Fire Exposes Safety Gap in Supply Chain 2012-12-07T02:24:28Z Bangladeshi garment workers protest after 112 of their colleagues died in a fire. Day in pictures: 30 November 2012 2012-11-30T13:01:39Z At least 50 garment workers were injured in a stampede as they tried to flee from their factory after a faulty generator caught fire in the city of Chittagong, the fire service said. Bangladesh fire protests rage, supervisors arrested 2012-11-28T18:48:08Z Local TV reports said about 3,000 garment workers held protests over the fire Wednesday, blocking roads and throwing stones at some factories and vehicles. Disney and Sears as well as Wal-mart used firetrap factory 2012-11-28T15:59:00Z In 1908, the Socialist Party of American established a day to support the garment workers and a year later, behind the slogan “Bread and Roses,” the commemoration spread to Europe. International Women's Day, Labor, and the Right to Strive #womensday 2013-03-08T16:37:04Z Bangladeshi garment workers demonstrate after the fire at the Tazreen Fashions factory. Bangladesh factory fire was deliberately started, officials believe 2012-11-27T13:06:48Z Thousands of garment workers from the Tazreen Fashion factory on Monday staged protests, demanding better protection. Fire at second factory in Dhaka 2012-11-26T06:25:11Z 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 The monthly minimum wage for a garment worker was then about $21, not including overtime and bonuses. Made in Bangladesh: Killing of Bangladesh Labor Leader Spotlights Grievances of Workers 2012-09-10T02:28:39Z He found a job as a garment worker in Mumbai, India's largest city, making men's pants, for 200 rupees a day, or $4. A Woman's 'Untreatable' TB Echoes Globally 2012-09-08T03:01:48Z Sadly, thanks to outsourcing and technological progress, there are few garment workers in today’s garment district. Op-Ed Contributor: Long Live the Garment District 2012-08-02T04:47:01Z He is a first-generation American, a full-blooded Sicilian, the youngest of 10 children and the son and sibling of garment workers. When My Crazy Father Actually Lost His Mind 2012-06-22T21:11:49Z The revolt of the garment workers was as yet unorganized and chaotic. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z Cheap, nonunion labor is essential to the export formula in Bangladesh, where the minimum wage for garment workers is $37 a month. Made in Bangladesh: Killing of Bangladesh Labor Leader Spotlights Grievances of Workers 2012-09-10T02:28:39Z The garment workers trusted him more than other organizers, Mr. Schlossberg said, because, as a Southern native, he “didn’t speak like a New Yorker with an Italian accent or Jewish inflection.” Stephen Schlossberg, Official of U.A.W. and Labor Dept., Dies at 90 2011-12-15T01:48:45Z These days, there aren’t enough garment workers remaining in the district to justify a presidential whistle-stop, and it’s rare to see men pulling racks of samples down 38th Street. Op-Ed Contributor: Long Live the Garment District 2012-08-02T04:47:01Z He then had a dispute with Unite Here, an organization for hotel, restaurant and garment workers that had split into two factions, as well as with another union. Women Are Becoming Unions? New Voices 2011-11-19T17:17:26Z Most of the garment workers in the audience were Jews, but although her manner of appeal was strange to them, the subject matter of her speech was their very life, and they were deeply moved. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z If they are working in home-based work like weavers and garment workers, they put their surplus with the middlemen, contractors or local traders from whom they get their piece-rate work. India Ink: A Conversation With Ela R. Bhatt 2011-09-30T05:05:40Z After train service was extended to Brownsville, it attracted Manhattan garment workers. F.Y.I.: Why Subway Rats Aren?t Electrocuted by the Third Rail 2011-07-16T02:14:58Z Factory employees, mainly garment workers, protested angrily about a new pension scheme which they say will hit the poorest people hardest. Sri Lankan police chief resigns 2011-06-01T14:19:06Z His father, a garment worker who had emigrated from Russia, died when Abraham was a small boy. Abraham Rothberg, Who Wrote of Golem and Stalin, Dies at 89 2011-04-14T03:00:56Z I don't have to tell you garment workers how little there is of Justice and Brotherhood. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z In 1909. she invited 150 friends to the Colony Club on Madison Avenue, which she helped found, to hear firsthand from garment workers. City Room: Triangle Fire: New Leaders Emerge 2011-03-24T11:36:17Z A century after 146 garment workers died in a fire at the Triangle shirtwaist factory, new immigrants still try to sew their way to the American dream. City Room: Garment Work in New York 100 Years After the Triangle Fire 2011-03-21T20:15:41Z It has a budget of $60,000, including a $30,000 grant from a foundation connected to the garment workers’ union. City Room: In a Tragedy, A Mission To Remember 2011-03-19T23:30:49Z Including the closely allied trades such as hat and cap makers, milliners, etc., the garment workers composed practically one-half of the entire body of skilled laborers. 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 Most of it went into efforts to organize the other garment workers. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z With exits locked by the owners or blocked by flames, 146 garment workers, mostly young women, died. City Room: 2011: The Year of the Anniversary 2011-02-03T12:01:00Z It killed 146 garment workers, most of them young women, most of them immigrants. NYC: Recalling a Brooklyn Disaster Otherwise Forgotten 2010-12-21T02:32:00Z “When I told her she had won it, she was in a grocery store,” recalled May Chen, a retired garment workers’ official who nominated Ms. Sergel’s group for the grant. City Room: In a Tragedy, A Mission To Remember 2011-03-19T23:30:49Z As we were reminded only two days later, the job of a garment worker is also very dangerous. Why we must own up to the human cost of our obsession with cheap clothes 2010-12-19T00:04:20Z "You people seem to think," he challenged them, "that Yetta's principal job is to organize the garment workers." Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z The government raised minimum monthly salaries for garment workers couple of months ago, but the protesters said they were not being paid accordingly. Bangladesh police break up workers protests: one dead 2010-12-12T09:50:00Z In his youth, Mr. Drexler worked alongside his father, a garment worker for the retailer Jill Jr. Coats, according to a September profile in The New Yorker. DealBook: In J. Crew Buyout, an Effort to Gain a Retail Visionary 2010-11-24T12:48:00Z “We arrested the leaders of the garment workers on charges of instigating violence and rampage by the factory workers in the garment factories and other business centers,” Mr. Islam said. Labor Leaders Arrested Over Bangladesh Protests 2010-08-16T11:33:00Z He pointed to a recent incident where an international retailer divided only £12,000 compensation between 65 widows of garment workers. Why we must own up to the human cost of our obsession with cheap clothes 2010-12-19T00:04:20Z The garment workers will be organized and reorganized fifty times before they get a definite formation. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z The protests were prompted by a government announcement that monthly minimum wages for the country's millions of garment workers would rise by about 80%. Dhaka garment workers in violent protests over low pay 2010-07-30T16:32:00Z DHAKA, Bangladesh—Thousands of garment workers unhappy over their wages rampaged through central Dhaka on Friday, clashing with police who used tear gas and batons to clear the streets. Garment Workers Riot in Bangladesh 2010-07-30T09:38:00Z A protest by Bangladeshi garment workers, who are mostly women, in Dhaka yesterday. Bangladesh sets minimum wage for garment workers 2010-07-29T15:28:00Z But I wondered why we don't get that sort of protester turnout and action when garment workers producing for Arcadia and other high street retailers are discovered to be subsisting on slave wages. Why we must own up to the human cost of our obsession with cheap clothes 2010-12-19T00:04:20Z It took an extreme effort of will to turn her attention to the garment workers and the article she must correct. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z At least one garment workers’ group denounced the decision, saying the new wage was not enough given that inflation has been as high as 10 percent in recent years. Bangladesh Garment Workers to Get Higher Pay 2010-07-28T16:41:00Z The protests came a day after the government raised monthly minimum wages for the country's millions of garment workers by about 80%, after months of often violent protests over poor pay and working conditions. Garment Workers Riot in Bangladesh 2010-07-30T09:38:00Z Kagan tells the fascinating story of how the Socialist Party of New York grew quickly in the early part of the 20th century, hand in hand with the rise of powerful garment worker unions. Elena Kagan's "socialist" college thesis 2010-05-17T20:20:00Z Stern has also been deeply involved with the nasty divorce of UNITE-HERE, the hotel and garment workers union. Officials say SEUI president is stepping down from post 2010-04-13T04:00:00Z The mass of the garment workers believed in federation. Comrade Yetta 2012-02-15T03:00:24.213Z It is too bad, indeed, that house builders, railroad workers, miners, garment workers and farmers are creatures with thinking faculties. Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 3, May 1906 Monthly Magazine Devoted to Social Science and Literature In recent months, thousands of garment workers demanding higher wages have protested on the streets, attacked factories and blockaded highways in and outside the capital, Dhaka. Garment Workers Riot in Bangladesh 2010-07-30T09:38:00Z This made it easy for Communist Party organizers to infiltrate the garment worker unions and challenge the Socialist Party leadership's control. Elena Kagan's "socialist" college thesis 2010-05-17T20:20:00Z Through the coöperation of employers data were obtained from the records of 50 establishments employing a total of 8,337 garment workers, approximately four-fifths of the total number in the city. Wage Earning and Education Little by little the Italian garment workers are entering the Union. Making Both Ends Meet The income and outlay of New York working girls About five hundred women had been garment workers, dressmakers, and seamstresses, but how far these were skilled or unskilled was not stated. What eight million women want This woman movement, spoken of so glibly as Suffrage, was, to the mind of this over-read, under-fed, emotional, dreamy little Russian garment worker the glorious means to a long hoped for end. Fanny Herself Among the Italian garment workers of Chicago, the average weekly wage of the dressmakers is 90 cents, but they work every week in the year. Revolution, and Other Essays They were garment workers, hotel waiters, a rabble of the discontented from all trades. A Poor Wise Man Max Fast, a garment worker, tells of such an instance. The San Francisco calamity by earthquake and fire The shirt-waist strike and the garment workers' strike in New York and Philadelphia, waged so bitterly in 1910, brought great numbers of women into the suffrage ranks. What eight million women want And yet even as early as 1896, we found the greatest difficulty in applying the arbitration law to the garment workers' strike, although it was finally accomplished after various mass meetings had urged it. Twenty Years at Hull House; with autobiographical notes |
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