Most factory workers who produce garments for the fashion industry are women. Studies show that women constitute 60-80% of ...

“When workers raise their voices, they are ignored. When they try to organize, they are threatened and sacked. And finally, ...

On blustery winter mornings, bundled under layer upon layer of clothing, I walk from Union Square to my office in the Flatiron District in New York City. As I plod up the blocks, I pass H&M, Zara, ...

Workers Ordered Into Factory Before Deadly Collapse, Labor Group Says April 24, 2013— -- An eight-story building that housed four garment factories in the capital city of Bangladesh collapsed ...

Mike Angel Reynoso grew up with the sound of sewing machines. He played as a boy in his mother’s Lincoln Heights garment factory and helped pack shipments as a teen. Now 31, he strolls through the ...

At a factory in Cambodia that is believed to make Nike apparel, at least 107 garment workers fainted on Wednesday. The cause is likely to be exposure to chemicals and poor ventilation, reports New ...

A devastating fire ripped through a Bangladesh garment factory supplying major Western retailers, police and industry officials said on Friday, in a blaze set by workers angered over rumors of a ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – A fire swept through a two-story garment factory in Bangladesh’s capital, killing at least seven female workers and injuring five others, police and fire officials said. The ...