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Bangladesh Garment Workers Sacked For Demanding Fair Wages
The South Asian country -- the world's eighth most populous, with about 170 million citizens -- was last month rocked by its worst labour unrest in a decade.
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150 Bangladesh Garment Factories Shut "Indefinitely", 11,000 Workers Charged
Bangladeshi garment manufacturers on Saturday shuttered 150 factories "indefinitely", as police issued blanket charges for 11,000 workers in connection with violent protests demanding a higher minimum wage, officers said.
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Bengaluru Man Rapes, Murders Girlfriend's 3-Year-Old Daughter, Arrested
A three-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Karnataka's Bengaluru on Tuesday. The victim was the child of a single mother, a worker at a garments factory, who has been in a relationship with the accused for over a year.
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Coronavirus Crisis: Garment Workers Cover Bosses' Lockdown Losses
It is a steep price for a workforce that was already juggling low pay and poor conditions before the pandemic shuttered their factories and choked orders.
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Millions Of Home-Based Garment Workers Feared Losing Out On COVID-19 Aid
Millions of "hidden" home-based garment workers in India who help prop up the global fashion industry risk missing out on aid during the coronavirus pandemic, labour rights campaigners said.
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In South India, Garment Workers To Receive Counselling After Spate Of Deaths
Garment workers in south India are to receive counselling to help them cope with problems from work pressure to sexual harassment after a series of deaths in factories and hostels, a local official said on Wednesday.
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Award-Winning Documentary Spotlights Plight Of Gujarat's Textile Workers
Mumbai: It was a childhood memory of time spent at his grandfather’s textile mill in Gujarat that inspired film student Rahul Jain to focus on the rhythm of factory life for his first documentary. Although Mr Jain did not set out to make a political film, his award-winning feature “Machines” is attracting international attention for its depic...
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H&M Working To Improve Labour Conditions In India Factories
Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) said it was collaborating with trade unions, government as well as the UN to improve workers' conditions after a study found violations in supplying garment factories in India and Cambodia.
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Hundreds Hospitalised In Mass Vietnam Food Poisoning
Hundreds of workers at a Hong Kong-owned garment factory in Vietnam which makes lingerie for labels like Victoria's Secret and Wacoal have been hospitalised with food-poisoning, state media reported today,
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Bangladesh Says 80% of Garment Factories Safe
More than 80 per cent of Bangladesh's garment factories supplying global retailers have been found to be safe, the government said today, citing improvements made after a deadly 2013 accident.
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Workers Turn Violent at Gurgoan Factory After Reports of Co-Worker's Death
Workers turned violent at a garment factory here on Saturday following rumours of a worker's death, leading to arson and rioting which left a few workers injured, police said.
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Rumour About Worker's Death Triggers Violence in Gurgaon
Hundreds of workers at a garment firm in Gurgaon went on rampage this morning after one of the workers turned up late for work and was not allowed inside the factory.
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Inspection Tensions Add to Bangladesh Garment Industry's Woes
It took Western safety inspectors only about an hour to tour a factory the size of three football fields before ordering a partial shutdown of Sonia & Sweaters Ltd, a Bangladesh clothing supplier to Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Debenhams.
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$500 Million World Cup Boost for Bangladesh Garment Makers
Bangladesh garment manufacturers bagged at least $500 million in export orders to sew World Cup jerseys for fans across the globe in a major industry boost after a string of disasters, officials said on Monday.
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Most Bangladesh factory survivors still too sick to work: survey
Most survivors of the Bangladesh factory collapse that killed 1,138 garment workers are still too traumatised or injured to work 12 months after the tragedy, a survey released Monday said.
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Bangladesh Garment Workers Sacked For Demanding Fair Wages
The South Asian country -- the world's eighth most populous, with about 170 million citizens -- was last month rocked by its worst labour unrest in a decade.
-
150 Bangladesh Garment Factories Shut "Indefinitely", 11,000 Workers Charged
Bangladeshi garment manufacturers on Saturday shuttered 150 factories "indefinitely", as police issued blanket charges for 11,000 workers in connection with violent protests demanding a higher minimum wage, officers said.
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Bengaluru Man Rapes, Murders Girlfriend's 3-Year-Old Daughter, Arrested
A three-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Karnataka's Bengaluru on Tuesday. The victim was the child of a single mother, a worker at a garments factory, who has been in a relationship with the accused for over a year.
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Coronavirus Crisis: Garment Workers Cover Bosses' Lockdown Losses
It is a steep price for a workforce that was already juggling low pay and poor conditions before the pandemic shuttered their factories and choked orders.
-
Millions Of Home-Based Garment Workers Feared Losing Out On COVID-19 Aid
Millions of "hidden" home-based garment workers in India who help prop up the global fashion industry risk missing out on aid during the coronavirus pandemic, labour rights campaigners said.
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In South India, Garment Workers To Receive Counselling After Spate Of Deaths
Garment workers in south India are to receive counselling to help them cope with problems from work pressure to sexual harassment after a series of deaths in factories and hostels, a local official said on Wednesday.
-
Award-Winning Documentary Spotlights Plight Of Gujarat's Textile Workers
Mumbai: It was a childhood memory of time spent at his grandfather’s textile mill in Gujarat that inspired film student Rahul Jain to focus on the rhythm of factory life for his first documentary. Although Mr Jain did not set out to make a political film, his award-winning feature “Machines” is attracting international attention for its depic...
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H&M Working To Improve Labour Conditions In India Factories
Swedish fashion retailer Hennes & Mauritz (H&M) said it was collaborating with trade unions, government as well as the UN to improve workers' conditions after a study found violations in supplying garment factories in India and Cambodia.
-
Hundreds Hospitalised In Mass Vietnam Food Poisoning
Hundreds of workers at a Hong Kong-owned garment factory in Vietnam which makes lingerie for labels like Victoria's Secret and Wacoal have been hospitalised with food-poisoning, state media reported today,
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Bangladesh Says 80% of Garment Factories Safe
More than 80 per cent of Bangladesh's garment factories supplying global retailers have been found to be safe, the government said today, citing improvements made after a deadly 2013 accident.
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Workers Turn Violent at Gurgoan Factory After Reports of Co-Worker's Death
Workers turned violent at a garment factory here on Saturday following rumours of a worker's death, leading to arson and rioting which left a few workers injured, police said.
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Rumour About Worker's Death Triggers Violence in Gurgaon
Hundreds of workers at a garment firm in Gurgaon went on rampage this morning after one of the workers turned up late for work and was not allowed inside the factory.
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Inspection Tensions Add to Bangladesh Garment Industry's Woes
It took Western safety inspectors only about an hour to tour a factory the size of three football fields before ordering a partial shutdown of Sonia & Sweaters Ltd, a Bangladesh clothing supplier to Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Debenhams.
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$500 Million World Cup Boost for Bangladesh Garment Makers
Bangladesh garment manufacturers bagged at least $500 million in export orders to sew World Cup jerseys for fans across the globe in a major industry boost after a string of disasters, officials said on Monday.
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Most Bangladesh factory survivors still too sick to work: survey
Most survivors of the Bangladesh factory collapse that killed 1,138 garment workers are still too traumatised or injured to work 12 months after the tragedy, a survey released Monday said.
