Sentences with phrase «garment factory working»

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And last year, Li & Fung was responsible for some garments produced at the Tazreen Fashions factory, when 112 workers died in November in a fire after many of them were ordered to continue working even though alarms had sounded.

While shopping for affordable clothes, you can't help to think about the price paid by garment factory workers working 20 hours a day.

For Sachs, Bangladeshi workers are akin to the immigrants who once worked on New York's Lower East Side, «where their migration to toil in garment factories was a step on the path to a future of urban affluence in succeeding generations.»

«The Kumasi Shoe Factory is working again, there is the Cement Factory, Garment Factory, Tema Tomato Factory and the Elmina Fish Processing Factory.

On March 8, 1857, garment workers staged one of the world's first organized actions by working women, striking against the inhumane working conditions in New York City textile factories.

She opened a day - care center for the children of women working at a garment factory that she had established to provide jobs.

In Gantos's story, Jack's mother - a Norvelt native - cherishes and embodies the real Norvelt's traditions and ideals: she cooks casseroles for the needy, barters peaches, and works in the garment factory that was once the factory co-op.

However, as noted in a New York Times article, the recent garment factory collapse in Bengladesh has put a spotlight on the often miserable and downright dangerous working conditions that are far too common in overseas manufacturing facilities.

Left: Garment workers working in the factory in Phnom Penh, courtesy of the artist Right: Worker dormitory near Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), courtesy of the artist At this talk, Piyapongwiwat will share us what these collections of moments will narrate in today's globalizing community and will revolve around the issues on work environment, wage, and labor conditions in the Southeast Asia's garment industry, as the reverse side of globalism in our economic and cultural actiGarment workers working in the factory in Phnom Penh, courtesy of the artist Right: Worker dormitory near Phnom Penh Special Economic Zone (PPSEZ), courtesy of the artist At this talk, Piyapongwiwat will share us what these collections of moments will narrate in today's globalizing community and will revolve around the issues on work environment, wage, and labor conditions in the Southeast Asia's garment industry, as the reverse side of globalism in our economic and cultural actigarment industry, as the reverse side of globalism in our economic and cultural activities.

Outsourcing production overseas, where labor is by and large cheaper, not only contributes to our country's unemployment rate and shrinking garment industry, but also helps keep overseas sweatshops and factories with unfair working conditions in business.

Before winding up in journalism, Jacob worked for American Apparel, modeling, copywriting, and eventually managing environmental programs for the largest garment factory in the US.

Career Highlights * Chief spokesperson for largest coalition of North American retailers and manufacturers (Walmart, Costco, VF, GAP, Target, JCrew, Macy's) to radically improve safety and working conditions in Bangladesh garment factories.