Journals By Industry - Garment Workers

The Clinton Bush Haiti Fund invests another $3.2M to support Haitian enterprises WASHINGTON -- As the world remembers the earthquake that shook Haiti two years ago, the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund joins Haitians...

The U.S.-Korea Free Trade Agreement threatens 10,626 texti e jo s in the 6th Congressional District--more than any other district in the state--according to Public Citizen Inc., a Washington, D.C-based consumer advocacy group....

HEADNOTE Business Opportunities Increase as Production Bases Expand in Asia In textile and apparel business, apparel manufacturers and trading firms are expanding their production bases from China to "China Plus One" regions such...

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ann E. Harrison is a Research Associate in the NBER's Programs in International Trade and Investment and Environmental and Energy Economics. She received her B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley...

LONDON -- The textile and clothing industry forms a major part of Brazilian manufacturing sector and the domestic market has grown significantly in recent years. The industry benefits largely from local sources of...

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Back from China? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As in hundreds of cities and towns in the once-industrial Midwest, a ghost not only haunts but dominates North Canton, Ohio. It's a ghost of brick and mortar,...

The Dallas Cowboys and Ohio State University and Wal-Mart are implicated in a sweatshop scandal, producing their licensed goods at an illegal sweatshop in El Salvador, where women are just paid pennies per...

NEW YORK -- UNITE HERE, the hospitality workers union, commends Yale University for its decision not to reinvest in hotelier HEI Hospitality (http://acir.yale.edu/announcements.html). Earlier this year, Brown University announced that it will not...

HEADNOTE GUEST EDITORIAL "If it bleeds, it leads," they say in the news business. That's why we're bombarded with stories of violent crime, horrific crashes, international conflict, kidnappings of toddlers, mounting job losses...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- It's possible that Cleverhood may be Rhode Island's most unusual new fashion sensation. This autumn it has unexpectedly graced runways in Philly, San Francisco and Manhattan. It's been lauded as...

Other items of interest Orange County Business Journal Vol. 34, No. 46 * APPAREL Clothing maker Sullen Clothing Inc. will move its headquarters from Huntington Beach to Los Alamitos, where it has signed...

To outsiders, South Korea's heroic economic ascent is a template for success. But now it has almost caught up with the developed world it must change its approach IT IS a crisp autumn...

HOUSTON (ICIS)--Huntsman expects to realise benefits from jobs cuts and restructuring in its textile chemicals business only from 2013 onwards, the CEO of the US-based chemicals firm said on Wednesday. [1]Huntsman plans to...

On a sunny day in late summer, the view through the glass of Derek Ng's north-facing conference room at One Cleveland Center dazzles. The scene seems more like a Mediterranean vista or another...

Many leading Japanese textile machinery makers participated in the International Exhibition of Textile Machinery 201 I (ITMA 201 I) in Barcelona, Spain in late September One of the companies was Shima Seiki Mfg.,...

The China International Sewing Machinery & Accessories Show 2011 (CISMA 201 I ) was held for four days at the end of September at the Shanghai New International Expo Center in Shanghai, China...

The number of apparel firms and distributors that are coming to Indonesia in search of new apparel ' manufacturing bases is increasing day by day. Many Japanese textile companies have advanced their business...

In August this yean Yinglak Shinawatra became the 36th Prime Minister of Thailand. Raising the minimum wage was one of her election promises, and a plan was announced to raise the minimum wage...