which accounts for nearly 84% of Bangladesh's total exports, women represent about 55% of the workforce. Beyond clothing, women workers are also involved in informal domestic work, shrimp farms ...

IT was always going to be a hard year for Bangladesh. Last summer, amid an economic collapse, protesters toppled a tyrant and ...

Readymade garment factories enlisted under the Better Work Bangladesh (BWB) programme undergo fewer social audits compared to ...

Since the formation of the workers' trade union nine years ago at the country's oldest and well-known Babylon Garments, there has been no labour unrest at the factory, nor has production been ...

Two labour rights organizations Bangladesh Garments and Industrial Workers Federation ... The labour leaders also demanded a 10% annual increment for garment workers, women and children safety, ...

The Asia Floor Wage Alliance, Global Labor Justice and their trade union partners have developed a framework for countering gender-based violence and harassment. Brands, they say, have "no more ...

While the Muslim world celebrates the holiday, thousands of workers in Bangladesh are waiting for back pay from April. After ...

IN a garment hub in south India, RK Sivasubramaniam is fielding requests from American retail chains Walmart and Costco who ...

A former president of the Textile Clothing and Footwear Council of Fiji says a union offiical is "simply sprouting old ...

Global Fashion Summit seeks to lead industry to sustainability, but the trajectory is bleak, with targets overshot and ...

Indonesian garment worker leaders visit Nike's Beaverton headquarters to demand higher wages and human rights, backed by U.S. labor allies.