TEHRAN – The value of Iran’s garment exports reached over $113 million during the previous Iranian calendar year 1399 (ended on March 20) to register a 99-percent rise year on year, an official at the Ministry of Industry, Mining and Trade said. Afsaneh Mehrabi, the director-general of the Weaving and Garment Industries Department of the […]
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In a historic victory over the fashion industry, garment workers have won billions in stolen wages
Image Credit: Remake.World In March 2020, Amanda Lee McCarty was laid off from her job. For years, she had been working in the fashion industry as a buyer and product developer. But as COVID-19 cases surged and lockdown orders were implemented across the world, retailers were faced with a dramatic plummet in consumer demand for […]
A Pillar Of Sri Lanka’s Economy, Garment Workers Ostracized After A COVID Outbreak At A Factory
Colombo, SRI LANKA — On October 4 this year, a 39-year-old woman from the Brandix garment factory in Minuwangoda tested positive for COVID-19. By October 13, Brandix, which makes garments for global brands such as Victoria’s Secret, Gap and Marks & Spencer, was at the heart of an expanding cluster of over 1,500 cases. Garment […]
Clinton Campaign Receives Millions From George Soros & Haim Saban
Restricted by law from giving large amounts directly to candidates’ campaigns, wealthy individuals can instead donate to political action committees, better known as super-PACs. George Soros donated $6 million to a super-PAC financing US Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton last month, and Haim Saban, an Israeli-American media tycoon, and his wife Cheryl have contributed a […]