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Bangladesh garment workers rally for higher wages
2016-10-17 14:27:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Bangladesh's National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) has kicked off a new campaign calling for higher wages for the country's garment workers.
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Haiti garment exports set to rise despite hurricane
2016-10-12 20:11:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Despite the wreckage wrought on Haiti by Hurricane Matthew, the country's textile and garment exports are expected to rise 10% to roughly US$550m this year - as the bulk of the industry's factories are located outside its impact zone, industry executives have told just-style.
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Weak minimum wage compliance in Asia garment industry
2016-10-07 16:07:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The rate of minimum wage non-compliance among seven major garment exporting nations in Asia is highest in the Philippines and India, according to a new report, with more than half of workers in these countries under-paid.
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Cambodia garment sector faces ongoing challenges
2016-09-11 14:04:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
At first glance, Cambodia's garment sector is doing fine. ANZ Bank recently predicted 7.2% GDP growth in 2016, mainly fuelled by rising clothing exports. And just-released data from the International Labour Organization (ILO) points to a 14.7% jump in the country's clothing shipments to US$1.605bn during the first quarter of this year. But dig deeper, and it seems the overall situation of the Cambodian garment industry is less optimistic.
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Five new Myanmar garment factories to create 6000 jobs
2016-09-07 19:32:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The Myanmar Investment Commission has approved plans to build five new garment factories in Yangon's industrial zones, which will generate more than 6,000 local jobs.
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