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Brands face renewed criticism over Cambodia wages
2015-12-10 12:51:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
A recent spate of mass faintings by workers in Cambodian garment factories is putting pressure on global brands to ensure their suppliers pay higher wages.
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Cambodia approves draft union law amid criticism
2015-11-16 16:40:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
Cambodia's government is moving forward in adopting a controversial law on trade unions, despite opposition from labour rights groups and garment manufacturers.
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Whirlpool, city street work draw criticism at Fort Smith Board session
2015-10-14 09:00:26| Waste Management - Topix.net
Fort Smith Director Tracy Pennartz took Whirlpool representatives to task at the Tuesday study session of the Fort Smith Board of Directors and also began the process of dissecting the city's Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan for the streets, drainage, and associated drainage sales tax program. First in the crosshairs was Jeff Noel, Whirlpool's corporate vice president of communications and public affairs, who was discussing plans for the abandoned manufacturing site, when Pennartz pressed him for a timeline on redevelopment.
Gas line property tax deal worth billions faces questions, criticism
2015-10-11 21:30:31| Oil & Gas - Topix.net
Questions are being raised about a $16.7 billion natural gas property tax deal the Walker administration has reached with producers and whether the certainty it provides may come at the expense of local governments. At a Friday meeting of a group of local governments known as the Municipal Advisory Gas Project Review Board, the Fairbanks North Star Borough questioned whether the producers who would be paying the property taxes on the $55 billion project were getting a tax break, as well as tax certainty.
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New Bangladesh labour rules draw union criticism
2015-10-05 14:47:00| Daily apparel & textile news and comment - from just-style.com
The roll-out of new labour rules in Bangladesh has been welcomed by US and European Union (EU) diplomats, but reactions from union bosses and worker rights activists have been tepid.
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