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Haiti garment industry says union wage claims unrealistic - Update
2017-07-31 18:08:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Haiti's garment industry has struck back at demands by workers' unions for additional salary increases after the government approved a 16% minimum wage hike last week, saying that they are insensible and that negotiations are closed.
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Netherlands and Italy sign garment industry MoU
2017-06-20 16:09:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
MODINT, the Dutch Trade Association for Fashion, Interior and Textiles, has signed an MoU with Italy aimed at improving cooperation on sustainability and ethics in the garment and textile supply chain.
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Myanmar garment industry "still lacking labour rights"
2016-12-05 13:25:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Myanmar's garment industry has a long way to go before it is sustainable, a new report has found, with workers still deprived of internationally recognised human and labour rights.
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Vietnam garment industry calls for "strategy update"
2016-08-22 17:02:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Vietnam's garment and textile industry has called on the government to create a development strategy to 2025, with a vision toward 2040, in order to help firms take advantage of opportunities and overcome challenges brought by free trade agreements.
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Retailers "monitor" Bangladesh garment industry in wake of attack
2016-07-04 16:25:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
One fashion retailer has suspended non-emergency travel to Bangladesh and others are "monitoring the situation" closely after the country's capital was subjected to a terrorist attack at the weekend, resulting in 20 deaths, some of those textile workers.
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