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Monday marks the 10th anniversary of a catastrophe that spotlighted the global fashion industry's reliance on developing world labour working in dangerous and ...

MASERU, Lesotho (AP) -- The deafening roar of hundreds of sewing machines has gone silent. Spools of thread in every color are covered in dust. The warehouse is dark and empty. In the tiny African ...

The deadly disaster that claimed over 1,100 lives in April hasn’t dented the growth of Bangladesh’s garment exports industry. Data out today show that exports for the fiscal year ended in June were up ...

The disaster at Rana Plaza outside Dhaka was one of the world's worst industrial tragedies and highlighted the failure of many top Western fashion brands to protect ...

Bangladeshi garment worker Sumi Akhter feared for her safety, but was told to start her shift or risk forfeiting her wages. An hour later she was pinned down under rubble and clinging to life. Akhter ...

"Managers, factory owners and (the) building owner threatened that they won't pay them any salaries if they did not work," he said. Journalist Najmul Huda, who shot footage of cracks in the structure ...