Bangladeshi garment suppliers—battered by the pandemic and the unethical business practices of Western clothing giants—have settled with one of their biggest tormentors: Sears. The crumbling retailer left its manufacturers with stacks of its …
Thousands of jobless Bangladeshi garment workers fear for future
Thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers who lost their jobs due to the coronavirus pandemic are struggling to find work and are at risk of destitution without urgent support, advocates said. …
Force majeure: Apparel buyers’ deadly weapon
The biggest problem faced by our textile industry right now is not the coronavirus. Rather, it is a small term in a sales contract that was initially created to protect …
High court backs negligence claim of Bangladeshi ship-breaker’s widow
A widow whose husband fell eight storeys to his death while breaking up a supertanker in Bangladesh can pursue a negligence claim against Maran (UK), a British company involved in the ship’s …
Western fashion brands that ‘exploit’ Bangladesh suppliers face blacklisting
DHAKA, May 27 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Bangladeshi manufacturers said on Wednesday that they would blacklist Western fashion brands that “exploit” them by failing to pay their bills due to …
Профсоюз работников швейной промышленности опасается «возможности избавиться от нас»
Myan Mode, швейная фабрика на окраине Янгона, Мьянма, производит мужские куртки, женские пиджаки и пальто для западных модных компаний, таких как Mango и Zara. С самого начала…
«Им просто все равно»: миллионы швейных рабочих сталкиваются с нищетой, так как британские миллиардеры на главных улицах не выполняют контракты
На своем заводе в Читтагонге, главном порту Бангладеш и торговом центре, Мостафиз Уддин имеет гору, сложенную в 100 000 пар джинсов, и некуда идти. Сваи ...
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After Tazreen Fashions and Rana Plaza, Covid-19 once again exposes the human cost of fast fashion
“On 11 March 2021 it will be one year since the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a pandemic. And while almost every sector in every country on the planet has …