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BANGLADESH: Protestors pressure Gap and Walmart on safety accord
2013-07-01 15:50:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Labour rights groups are continuing to put pressure on retail giants Gap and Walmart to join the Bangladesh Safety Accord, with weekend demonstrations organised outside their stores in 35 cities across the world.
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BANGLADESH: New garment units worth $50m to start operation
2013-07-01 13:40:15| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Investors have shown faith in the long-term prospects of the Bangladesh clothing and textile sector, with four garment factories costing nearly US$50m starting operations in Bangladesh's Comilla Export Processing Zone (EPZ) this year.
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BANGLADESH: BGMEA members to set up worker biometric databases
2013-06-28 16:38:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Bangladesh Garment Exporters Association (BGMEA) has said its member factories in Ashulia, near Dhaka, must create a biometric database of their workers' details within the next three three months.
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US/Bangladesh: Obama suspends Bangladesh trade privileges
2013-06-28 12:35:28| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The US Government has decided to suspend trade privileges for Bangladesh over safety issues in the country's garment industry.
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bangladesh
privileges
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U.S. action on Bangladesh trade not likely to hurt that country's apparel industry
2013-06-28 01:55:28| Apparel - Topix.net
The decision was hailed by union representatives and members of Congress as sending an important message about worker safety to the Bangladeshi government.
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industry
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