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Some Rail Union Leaders Slam Biden Board’s Recommendations

Biden's Presidential Emergency Board's suggestions on how to solve the contract dispute between labor and…

Sourcing in Cambodia is About to Get More Expensive

Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen passed a benefits package—including a wage increase—for workers this week…

Bangladesh Factories Reopen After Strike Called for Threefold Wage Hike

After five days of no work over wage demands, garment workers in Bangladesh are back on the job.

Bangladesh: BGMEA Shuts 55 Garment Factories Amid Wage Strike

Workers in Bangladesh are striking over wages and at least 55 factories in the Ashulia area have been closed…

India to Have Highest Wage Hike in Asia in 2017

Wages will inch up in Asia in 2017 and India will be leading the way.

Wage Hikes in CA, NY and UK Could Shake up the Sector

Minimum wage workers are tired of under-earning and the world is starting to hear them.

Walmart to Pass Charges onto Suppliers as its Costs Rise

Worldwide wage hikes have hit stores hard and Walmart is offsetting the cost of its own recent investment in…

South African Cotton Textile Workers Get 8.5% Wage Increase

Around 5,000 members of the Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers' Union (SACTWU) will get an hourly…

Cambodia: Ongoing Strikes Prompt Factory Owners to Seek Gov’t Aid

The Garment Manufacturers Association in Cambodia (GMAC) has had enough of an ongoing strike at a garment…

Cambodia: Disputes Over Wage Hikes Could Spur New Round of Unrest

Cambodian garment workers unions have promised to reignite protests if their monthly wages are only increased…

Haiti Raises Minimum Wage for Garment Workers by 12.5%

Haiti has raised the daily minimum wage for its nearly 29,000 garment workers by 12.5% as of May 1…

2014: Global Sourcing to be More Costly as Worldwide Minimum Wages Continue to Rise

It was a year of turmoil and general discontent in the global garment industry where workers and wages were…

Indonesia: Wage Hike Follows Labor Strike

After a nationwide wage strike across Indonesia early this month, 12 province governors agreed to increase…

Bangladesh: Garment Workers Refuse Third Wage Hike Offer

The third time was not the charm for Bangladeshi garment workers as the discontented employees rejected the…