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TEXTILE TRANSFORMATION: INDIA’S STRATEGIC WEAVE INTO THE FUTURE
26 Dec 2024 13:39 GMT
… add 35 million new jobs, India’s textile sector is at the … chain.
As the second-largest employment generator after agriculture, it plays … implementing renewable energy use, ethical labour standards, and waste reduction.
This …
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Garment Workers Lament About Living Conditions and Accessing Basic Social Services
26 Dec 2024 09:47 GMT
… can move out,” she added.
Textile, garment, footwear and travel … 1,680 factories, which employ 918,718 workers, the WIC said in … $846 million worth of textile and garment products to the … on labor rights and labor issues for many years, yet workers’ problems …
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Mercosur-EU Agreement: A Milestone for Brazil’s Textile and Apparel Sector
26 Dec 2024 09:02 GMT
… job creation, and technological advancement.
According to the Brazilian Textile … companies and employing 1.3 million workers, this agreement … the European Apparel and Textile Confederation (Euratex), emphasized … jobs in Brazil over the next decade. Beyond job …
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15,000 Sritex Workers to Hold Protest in Jakarta After Court Rejects Bankruptcy Appeal
26 Dec 2024 05:13 GMT
… 15,000 workers from PT Sri Rejeki Isman Textile, or Sritex … Commercial Court.
Sritex Group Workers Union Advocacy Coordinator Slamet … be no termination of employment or layoffs at Sritex … options, Slamet said, the workers want only business continuity, …
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Knitting a stronger future for Australian textiles
26 Dec 2024 02:30 GMT
… and local craftsmanship, employing 20 skilled staff and … for homegrown textiles.
The state of textile manufacturing
With … not only contributes to job creation but also … stringent compliance with local labour and environmental regulations. However …
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At Hopeworks, a job-training program helps turn young people’s dreams into digital skills
25 Dec 2024 16:37 GMT
… herself toward a career in textile engineering and is using … the trainees are ready, Hopeworks employs them as $15.13- … upskilling the next generation of workers and thinkers and tapping … placed in full-time professional jobs, earning sustainable wages.
Annual …
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Government Unveils $1.3 Billion Credit Plan for Labor-Intensive Industries
25 Dec 2024 15:47 GMT
… billion) credit facility for labor-intensive industries.
“To … strengthen the competitiveness of labor-intensive industries, the government … for the labor-intensive credit program include textiles, garments, … must employ a minimum of 50 workers to qualify …
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The steady immiseration of labour
25 Dec 2024 07:26 GMT
… leader of the Bombay textile mill strike, was assassinated … of contractualisation
The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act … would all lose their jobs when the establishment carried … Sales Promotion Employees Act, 1976; the Cine-Workers and Cinema …
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Turkiye raises minimum monthly wage by 30% for 2025
27 Dec 2024 06:23 GMT
Turkiye has set its new minimum monthly age at TL 22,104 ($630.36) for 2025—up by 30 per cent from the previous year’s figure, labour and social security minister Vedat Isikhan recently announced.The announcement followed the recently-held fourth meeting …
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Cambodia year-end review 2024: Making its presence felt
27 Dec 2024 03:55 GMT
… September, Cambodia exported textile products, encompassing knitted … energy efficiency, and job and data management, that … equal representation of labour unions, employer’s associations, and … for regular and probationary workers, respectively. Earlier wages …