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Global garment makers unite to demand better terms

Garment makers in nine countries spanning Asia, the Middle East and North Africa have banded together to demand better contract terms from global clothing retailers, according to a draft document seen by Reuters.
Business • 01 Apr 21

Bangladesh garment workers protest over wages

Bangladesh garment workers have set fire to parts of a factory outside Dhaka in a second day of protests over wages.
News • 12 Nov 13

Cambodian shoe factory collapse kills three

The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics trainers collapsed on workers killing three people and injuring seven, in the latest accident to spotlight lax safety conditions in the global garment industry.
News • 16 May 13

Fire sweeps through factory in Bangladesh

Eight people were killed when a fire swept through a clothing factory in Bangladesh, two weeks after a building collapsed killing almost 900 people.
News • 09 May 13

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