apparel industry
On February 13, 1845, the Lowell Female Labor Reform Association forced the state of Massachusetts to hold hearings on reducing the work day in the state's textile mills to 10.
The Cambodian government has pretty much completed its violent crackdown against the apparel industry workers protesting the terrible conditions of their lives as they toil away in unsafe factories for.
Is there an industry as profoundly immoral as the apparel industry, where rich people in rich countries can create a production process where poor people in poor countries die and.
This is a very strong piece of journalism detailing how the United States government contributes to the exploitation of apparel workers around the world. The problem is multifaceted. Some of.
After the Tarzeen fire and Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh over the past year, killing over 1200 workers in total, European companies subcontracting to those factories have stepped up and.
I see the garment industry is up to the same tricks it's been using since before the Triangle Fire, this time stealing wages from Haitian workers. And who could have.
I endorse all of Robert Kuttner's essay on the need for enforceable standards in the garment industry as the only way disasters like the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh can.
The New York Times continues its run of articles on the garment trade in Bangladesh but once again I am frustrated with them. Saturday's article focused on the Bangladeshi garment.