Bangladesh
Cambodian Factory Compensation Takes Cue From Bangladesh
Sportswear brand Asics has made payouts to the families of those killed when Wing Star, one of the…
Bangladesh: Competing Humanitarian Alliances May Collaborate
Almost immediately after the Rana Plaza factory collapse, two competing consortia of retailers who outsource…
Radical Solution to Unsafe Bangladeshi Factories: Move Them
In response to the discovery that Bangladesh’s factory conditions are far worse than anyone reckoned and…
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Cambodia Considers Wage Hikes
Just after Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina strongly urged garment factory owners to raise its…
Bangladesh PM Promises Wage Hikes
Following an announcement that the government will be convening a special wage board, Bangladesh Prime…
Why Cambodia is not Bangladesh
Following the Rana Plaza tragedy, Bangladesh’s garment factories and labor conditions have magnetized the…
India Garment Factories Try to Solve Worker Crunch In Large Cities
Indian garment makers are seeking solutions to a crimped labor market and legal restrictions that have kept…
It’s Not Just Bangladesh: Vietnam Factory Fire Rages
Early Tuesday morning, a fire erupted at a garment factory in Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Tao Industrial Park…
Live From Magic: Bangladesh Ambassador Says Buyers Have Big Role in Factory Safety
Speaking to Sourcing Journal and a group of industry players at Sourcing at Magic in Las Vegas today, Qader…
Sen. Levin to Visit Bangladesh Factories
Rep. Sandy Levin just announced he plans to visit Bangladesh this week for.....
How Standards Will Transform The Apparel Industry
The imposition of industry wide standards is sometimes interpreted an obstacle to profit, rather an…
Post Rana Plaza, Bangladesh Workers Still At Risk
The three million Bangladeshis employed in the nation’s $20 billion dollar garment industry remain at risk…
Industry Execs See Bright Year in 2013
Industry representatives are optimistic about 2013, largely due to a stronger supply chain....
More Bangladeshi Factory Workers Perish, Compensation for Past Victims Stalled
Even after two international consortia of retailers formed to supervise and finance the renovation of its…
Can Factory Subcontracting Be Stopped?
The proliferation of subcontracting has turned out to be one of the biggest challenges to regulating…