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20. December 2019

Film Puts Spotlight on Female Factory Workers in Bangladesh

A new film about the garment industry in Bangladesh is defying stereotypes that assume women workers are powerless – instead putting them on a rare spotlight as fighters for workers’ rights in the conservative country.

Society

Society

13. October 2019

United States Block Goods from Five Firms Involved in Forced Labor at Border

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has blocked the import of products from five different countries suspected to have been made with forced labor in a recent anti-slavery crackdown.

Society

Society

6. October 2019

Bigger Paychecks for Cambodian Textile Workers

When questions were raised in the European Union regarding workers’ rights in Cambodia, the country responded by promising laborers in the garment industry a 4.4% raise to the legal minimum wage by January 2020.

Society

13. September 2019

Bangladesh Takes Control in Protecting Its Factory Workers

Bangladesh is ready to take the safety maintenance of its factories and their workers in their own hands. So far the European fashion industry had the Accord on Fire and Building Safety set up, to improve factory security in the nation.