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Bangladesh Garment Job Losses 6 Times Higher Than Estimates: Report
As many as 357,000 of Bangladesh's 4.1 million garment workers may have lost their jobs due to the pandemic.
Why Ethiopia’s Status in Sourcing Is on Very Shaky Ground
Experts worry that recent developments in the East African nation could spook investors and derail Ethiopia's…
Sweatshop Scandal Can’t Stop Boohoo’s Holiday Sales
Boohoo appears to have shrugged off public concerns about sweatshop-like working conditions in its U.K supply…
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‘Exploitative’ Brands Are Crushing Garment Workers and Suppliers
BGMEA's Rubana Huq says "the whole sourcing model has to hit a reset button cushioned by empathy and…
Cambodia’s Factory Count Grew By 121 Last Year
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, Cambodia closed 100 and opened 221 factories, mostly in the garment sector.
Bangladesh Rolls Back US FTA Bid. Here’s the Startling Reason Why.
Leaders in Bangladesh laid out the reasons why the garment-producing nation is pausing its bid for a free…
Without Government Aid, Bangladesh Garment Sector Could ‘Collapse’
BGMEA president Rubana Huq detailed the Bangladesh RMG industry's "dark year" and the uphill battle it faces.
Shuttered Myanmar Garment Factory Forced to Pay Lost Wages
An apparel factory in Myanmar's Yangon region that shut down in late December has been forced to pay up…
Bangladesh RMG Sector Is Looking Past ‘Production and Profit’
The trade group for Bangladesh's ready-made garment sector released its inaugural sustainability report…
Workers Found Sleeping in Garment Factory: ‘Really Not a Great Situation’
A Leicester counterfeit-clothing firm is reportedly doubling as illegal worker housing, raising new questions…
Bangladesh Factories Push to Suspend 5% Wage Hike in ‘Anti-Labor Bid’
Factory "owners are proposing something illogical, unacceptable, illegal and shameful," said one garment…
After Digital Wage Push, Why Are Bangladesh Factories ‘Sliding Back to Cash?’
Months after Bangladesh's garment industry embraced digital worker wages, factories are reverting to cash…
Labor Advocates Want Fashion Brands to Share Profits
Nonprofit Remake is calling on the fashion industry to mobilize direct financial relief and severance to…
Xinjiang Sourcing ‘Banned,’ Fair Labor Association Says
The FLA cited a mountain of "evidence from a range of credible sources" that prompted its move to prohibit…
‘I Would Run Out of the Factory if I Saw This,’ Auditor Says of Boohoo Investigation
Boohoo is once again taking heat for producing ultra-cheap fashion in Pakistan factories that don't appear to…