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News & Analysis

Cambodia Garment Workers Face Routine Rights Abuse

Many factories unlawfully use short-term contracts to avoid paying benefits and indiscriminately fire workers, and verbal abuse and sexual harassment is common in the female-dominated industry, Human Rights Watch said.

News & Analysis

Cambodia Garment Workers Face Routine Rights Abuse

Many factories unlawfully use short-term contracts to avoid paying benefits and indiscriminately fire workers, and verbal abuse and sexual harassment is common in the female-dominated industry, Human Rights Watch said.


News & Analysis

Cambodia’s Wages Rise, Orders Don’t

"In the factory dorm room she shares with three other garment workers on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, 25-year-old Chheav Sarun has hung two framed

News & Analysis

Cambodia’s Wages Rise, Orders Don’t

"In the factory dorm room she shares with three other garment workers on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, 25-year-old Chheav Sarun has hung two framed


Retail

Uniqlo Steps Up Controls on China Suppliers

Japanese fashion giant Fast Retailing Co. is tightening controls on treatment of workers at key suppliers' factories in China following complaints by labor rights groups.

Retail

Uniqlo Steps Up Controls on China Suppliers

Japanese fashion giant Fast Retailing Co. is tightening controls on treatment of workers at key suppliers' factories in China following complaints by labor rights groups.


Global Markets

Myanmar's Garment Workers Join Forces Amid Lure of City Jobs

YANGON, Myanmar — When Aye Cho Khine left her family in a farming town in central Myanmar for work and better pay in the city of Yangon 16 years ago,

Global Markets

Myanmar's Garment Workers Join Forces Amid Lure of City Jobs

YANGON, Myanmar — When Aye Cho Khine left her family in a farming town in central Myanmar for work and better pay in the city of Yangon 16 years ago,


Global Markets

Cambodia Increases Garment Industry Minimum Wage

Cambodia is raising the minimum wage in its important clothing industry by 28 percent to $128 a month, falling short of labor unions' $140 proposal.

Global Markets

Cambodia Increases Garment Industry Minimum Wage

Cambodia is raising the minimum wage in its important clothing industry by 28 percent to $128 a month, falling short of labor unions' $140 proposal.


China

Fire Exposes Illegal Chinese Factories in Italy

PRATO, Italy — The first thing the firefighters saw was the arm sticking out of the barred window on the second floor of the factory. Flames reached

China

Fire Exposes Illegal Chinese Factories in Italy

PRATO, Italy — The first thing the firefighters saw was the arm sticking out of the barred window on the second floor of the factory. Flames reached


Marketing

Op-Ed | Reshoring Garment Manufacturing is Viable and Scalable

There is a real opportunity to rebuild local manufacturing in a commercially viable and scalable way, argues Janice Wang.

Marketing

Op-Ed | Reshoring Garment Manufacturing is Viable and Scalable

There is a real opportunity to rebuild local manufacturing in a commercially viable and scalable way, argues Janice Wang.


News & Analysis

Op-Ed | E-Tailers Must Tell Consumers Where Their Products Are Made

In brick-and-mortar stores, consumers can quickly check where garments are made before making a purchase, simply by looking at the label. Why don't fashion e-tailers provide the same information?

News & Analysis

Op-Ed | E-Tailers Must Tell Consumers Where Their Products Are Made

In brick-and-mortar stores, consumers can quickly check where garments are made before making a purchase, simply by looking at the label. Why don't fashion e-tailers provide the same information?