— A garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2013. A new international agreement protecting workers there takes effect next Wednesday. Credit... Tomas Munita for The New York Times

 — We look back to the 2013 Rana Plaza garment factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1,124 people and discuss how much — or how little — has changed for garment-worker conditions today.

 — Garment factory owners in Bangladesh have accepted all 18 of the demands of the workers, such as ensuring provisions for tiffin and night allowances, to tame ongoing unrest in the sector.

Most women working in garment factories are young and migrants, living and working outside their home provinces. • 66% of garment factory workers are under the age of 30. • 51% are married. • 64% of all women garment workers in Cambodia are internal migrants. For factories in Phnom Penh, 97% of the workforce

 — A study published in 2019 by New York University revealed that several of the world's best-known apparel groups, including H&M and PVH (the parent company of brands such as Tommy Hilfiger and ...

 — When COVID hit, millions of garment workers were laid off or forced to accept irregular hours, low pay, and harsh conditions. Here, 5 women share their stories.

 — Massive production data of front-line workers are recorded every day by RFID system in garment factory, which are mainly in multiple variety and small batch production. To maintain productivity and consistency of front workers, a technique is proposed to monitor the mean and variance of front-line workers' production time based on the …

 — Learn about the challenges and opportunities of garment workers in the global economy, from factory to home. Find out how WIEGO supports garment workers' rights, organizing and policy advocacy.

 — In 2020, canceled orders and factory closures put millions of garment workers in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, and Cambodia out of a job. Many are still struggling with irregular hours, low pay ...

 — One of Los Angeles County's largest coronavirus outbreaks this past summer was at a garment factory where 375 L.A. Apparel workers tested positive for Covid-19 and four died.

 — The garment manufacturing industry is one of the most important sectors of the global economy. It employs around 92,000 workers in the US, and the global market size is estimated at $826 billion. There …

As a garment worker in the United States, your employer must: Pay you at least the federal minimum wage, which is currently $7.25 per hour for all hours worked, even if you are paid at piece rates.Some state laws …

 — Addressing a handful of fellow factory workers at the Garment Worker Center in downtown Los Angeles recently, Martinez asked them to imagine that they are producing a shirt that retails for $60 at ...

The collapse of the Rana Plaza in 2013, killing 1134 garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh, has revealed the unacceptable working conditions of the whole fashion industry to the world. Employees usually work with no …

 — Low Wage Garment Workers Are Our Priority . The Wage and Hour Division will not tolerate wage theft in the fashion industry. We are committed to protecting the workplace rights of garment workers and ensuring they receive the full wages they are due. We will use all available enforcement tools to hold manufacturers and contractors …

 — Workers sew on a production line at a garment factory in Ho Chi Minh City on Nov. 6, 2006. STR/AFP via Getty Images. Share this article on Linkedin; Share this article on Facebook ... in turn, make up more than two-thirds of garment workers worldwide—still wrestle with this, Do said, creating a boom-or-bust rollercoaster when it …

The global fashion industry's estimated worth is $2.4 trillion, with textile and apparel exports totaling more than $750 billion in 2017. Garment workers' wages are typically well below …

 — These garment producers are caught in the never-ending cycle to rapidly produce the newest clothes at lowest cost for consumers. As a result, many garment producers, manufacturers and retailers …

 — Monday marks 10 years since history's deadliest garment factory disaster. More than 1,100 people, mostly women, were killed. ... Bangladesh's government raised the minimum salary for garment ...

 — This chart shows the monthly minimum wage in the global garment industry in 2021 (selected countries).

 — On March 25, 1911, a fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist factory in New York City killed 146 garment workers, many of them young immigrant women and . That disaster is often credited with ...

 — DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of garment factory workers took to the streets of Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, and the industrial district of Gazipur on …

 — Of those workers it is estimated that less than 2% of them make a living wage. This leads to workers living below the poverty line and the European Parliament has even described the conditions of factory workers in Asia as " slave labor ". Many garment workers are working up to 16 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Labour Behind the Label supports garment workers' efforts worldwide to improve their working conditions and change the fashion industry for the better. We represent the Clean Clothes Campaign in the UK. Labour Behind the Label, The Old Co-op 38-42 Chelsea Road Easton Bristol BS5 6AF Company limited by guarantee registration no. 4173634.

 — A three-stage stratified (location, factory type and grade of workers) randomize survey was conducted on 1,119 workers from 160 factories. In addition, 160 managers were surveyed at the factory level.

 — South and Southeast Asian focus on readymade garment (RMG) workers' health vulnerabilities. Garment workers globally experience distinctive vulnerabilities in the workplace [1, 2].These occupational vulnerabilities are related to dangerous and unhealthy working conditions, and employment in sub-standard physical environments which can …

 — DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh announced a new salary structure on Tuesday for protesting garment factory workers with a 56% increase in the monthly minimum wage to $113 from the previous $75, a decision rejected by some workers' groups as too small.

 — For more than a decade, Sampa Akter worked 12 hours a day at a garment factory in Bangladesh's capital, sewing denim jeans destined for shopping malls around …

 — In total, more than 1,000 clothing factories in the southern Indian state of Karnataka, a garment-producing hub in the country, failed to give their laborers a legal monthly minimum wage increase ...

 — Since the Rana Plaza disaster in 2013, in which a Dhaka factory collapse killed more than 1,100 people, Bangladesh has gone from being the global poster child for garment worker tragedies to a ...