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CAMBODIA: Garment industry hit with fresh strike action
2014-08-22 19:04:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A fresh wave of trade union action has hit Cambodia's garment industry, with as many as "25 separate strike actions having taken place within matter of 22 days in August alone", a union has said.
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U.S. garment industry struggles to be profitable
2014-08-16 07:05:44| Apparel - Topix.net
American Apparel's downtown Los Angeles factory employs 3,500 workers, and there are 1,500 more at other facilities in the L.A. area.
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COMMENT: Government giveaways stifle garment industry growth
2014-08-11 11:40:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Governments have a vital role to play in supporting the modern industrial economy, but in many garment-exporting countries this positive support is both lacking and counter-productive. Based on his work in the Dominican Republic, David Birnbaum suggests government giveaways make change even more difficult.
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Benchmark study India: Part III - Garment industry and public welfare
2014-02-24 13:48:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
This is the third article in a series describing an ongoing project being carried out in India's apparel export sector. Here, David Birnbaum looks at some more reasons why India's garment-export industry is trapped in an environment of stagnation.
Philippine garment industry pins hopes on trade progress
2013-11-06 11:05:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Philippine garment industry is optimistic that in the next few years nearly 500,000 new textile and garment jobs can be created if the country obtains beneficial trade access to the European Union and United States.
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