Small beginnings of a mass revolt 

As per reports there have been cases of workers struggles in garment factories in last few months. But these were mostly in individual factories with demands addressed to individual bosses. FS Sweater factory, whose events became detonator for the recent revolt, has been in turmoil since last some months with workers repeatedly agitating for their demands.

On Saturday, 20 May 2006, as morning shift started at 8.00 AM nearly 1000 workers of FS Sweater factory ...
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From 20 May to 6 June 2006, nearly 1.8 million garment workers of Bangladesh concentrated in industrial areas in and around the capital Dhaka engaged in a series of simultaneous massive wildcat strikes that took on the proportions of a mass proletarian revolt. During this period, especially from May 20 to May 24 when garment workers’ revolt was at its peak, workers of nearly 4000 factories struck work. These workers, and other workers from the industrial suburbs, continuously demonstrated a...
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History

The history of the Readymade Garments Sector in Bangladesh is a fairly recent one. Nonetheless it is a rich and varied tale. The recent struggle to realize Workers' Rights adds an important episode to the story.
Below, we present a detailed narration of the evolution of the RMG sector from its humble origins to the present day.

1. INTRODUCTION

The shift from a rural, agrarian economy to an urban, industrial economy is integral to the process of economic development (Kaldor, 1966, 1967). A...
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Textile products
Labelling

In Malta, Directive 96/74/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 1996 on textile names has been fully in force since 1 January 2003 by the strength given to it through the transposition into Maltese legislation under the name of Textile Names Order (Order no 46 of 2000).


Only products which comply with this Order may be marketed in Malta. This order applies to:

 textile products exclusively composed of textile fibres,

 products containing a...
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Advice for employers
The health effects of noise at work
Do you have a noise problem at work?
Introduction

The information on these web pages will help you understand:
what you may need to do as an employer under the Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005 which came into force in April 2006 
how you can protect your employees from noise
These pages will be of particular interest to you if you are an employer whose business involves using: 
noisy powered tools or machinery; 
explosive sources suc...
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Health and safety in the textiles industries

The textile and clothing manufacturing industries employ around 116,000 people in 8,600 businesses, with a turnover of more than £9bn. (Source: National Statistics Annual Business Inquiry 2006).
In the textiles industries, the main causes of injury are:
slips and trips (nearly a quarter of all injuries)
manual handling/musculoskeletal injuries
struck by moving or falling objects
contact with moving machinery

These four causes alone account for nearly 80%...
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Textile Testing Methods included in this section are all free to use and all the information were collected from the people who have been still serving in textile testing labs till now. You may feel free to contact us regarding any testing procedure explained in this website.

In any good dye house a Quality Control and Quality Assurance systems should go hand in hand. The knowledge of QC operations should lead to the formation of good QA systems. 

Let us discuss with some of QA and QC operatio...
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Govt laxity, major hurdle in growth of jute sector
October 17, 2008 (Bangladesh)


Jute, one of the most important pillars for the economy of Bangladesh, is trying hard to regain its grandeur. In an effort to take the industry to the zenith, local scientists are developing various jute products. 

However, Government is not paying proper heed to promote and market these commercially potent products. So much so that usage of common products like sacks are not encouraged in a proper manner and the u...
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At £6,078 million in 2004, fashion exports have remained reasonably steady over the past few years (£5,818 million in 2002). Industry experts have predicted that UK clothing companies will have to position themselves into one of three categories in order to compete and survive in the world market:
Niche manufacturers, supplying low-volume, high-value products.
Balanced suppliers, having a UK manufacturing base for sampling and small-batch, but sourcing larger orders to overseas manufacturers....
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News articles

Our selection of news articles is intended to provide additional insight into the development of the Textile industry in emerging economies.
2008-11-29

Romania: Textile industry strongly hit by slumping demand

Romania’s textiles industry is strongly affected by slumping global demand. In less than one year, the textiles industry lost 53,000 jobs, and the staff s...
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Introduction
Scope and methodology
Technological and organizational developments
Empirical evidence from country case studies
The experience of Japan and the Asian NIEs
Emerging issues
Notes

Implications for Asian women

Pavla Jezkova1

Introduction

This chapter is a summary of a recently completed study by UNIDO which combines inputs from research with commissioned studies covering technology changes in the textile and garment industries worldwide, plus three country surveys followed by seminars in Bang...
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In addition to the traditional consumer products, such as apparel, carpets, upholstered furniture, bedding and window treatments, manufactured fibers are used in many less obvious ways. Tire cords made of polyester, nylon, aramid or rayon give the strength necessary for tires to run at high speeds and withstand a variety of road hazards. Reinforcing fibers of nylon, aramid, glass and other high-tech fibers provide the strength and rigidity needed by composite materials used for everything fro...
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