Other top X posts last week came from the textile event Bharat Tex, with spotlight on sustainability and resilient supply chains this year, and the Wage and Hour Division of the US Department of Labor recovering over $1m for 165 garment workers after exposing wage theft.

Garment factories in Bangladesh have reportedly terminated the employment of hundreds of workers following protests for higher wages in October, despite global fashion brands urging the Bangladesh Government not to retaliate against participants both during and after the minimum wage review.

However, BGMEA president Faruque Hassan allegedly told Reuters the industry body was not aware of any retrenchments and it would act if “any such incidents are brought to our notice”.

Bharat Tex 2024 is being organised by a consortium of 11 Textile Export Promotion Councils and supported by the Ministry of Textiles. It promises to be a tapestry of “tradition and technology” attracting the best and the brightest from the textile world.

The organisers claim that the event has been designed to “attract multiple stakeholders” including top policy makers, global CEOs, international exhibitors and global buyers.

Investigators from the US Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the four sewing contractors deliberately failed to pay overtime wages for hours exceeding 40 in a workweek, despite employees consistently working an average of 52 hours per week.

The sewing contractors in violation of the rules were named as Good Cash LLC and its associated entities, Good Cash Inc., Premium Quality Apparel LLC, and Premium Quality Apparel Inc., owned by Ramon Tecum, Marisela Romero (aka Diana Tecum), and Joseph Delao.

The Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) report, which was based on a survey of 130 workers from Türkiye earthquake-affected cities calls on the global fashion sector to ensure they are prepared for future disasters, including the floods and storms expected to result from climate change.

The report was based on responses made by garment workers in the affected areas, including Gaziantep, Kahramanmaraş, Malatya, and Adıyaman and the survey was conducted between August and September 2023.

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