25 Jun US Customs Issues Guidance Ahead of Possible West Coast Strike
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Cargo Systems Messaging Service has issued guidelines for shippers in the event of a West Coast port strike or...
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22 May Vibram Sole Maker to Invest Expand Plant in Wake of DOD Ruling
Vibram sole manufacturer Quabaug has announced plans to invest $1.2 million in its of North Brookfield, MA plant as a result of a recent ruling...
22 May Global Brands Group Files IPO Paperwork in Hong Kong
Li & Fung Limited filed a registration statement with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Wednesday laying out financial and other information for its $3.3 billion...
22 May Yue Yuen Estimates $37M Worker Provision over China Strike
Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd said it would make a preliminary provision of some $37 million to an employee benefit program at its Gaobu factory...
19 May Vietnam Fears Losing Foreign Investment Over Anti-China Protests
China began evacuating its citizens from Vietnam following last week’s demonstrations that led to hundreds of factories in the country’s Binh Duong province being damaged...
05 May Bavet Factories Reopen After Strike, But Pay Dispute Lingers
In Svay Rieng province, employees at all but two of Bavet City’s 37 garment and footwear factories were back at work Saturday after a government-ordered...
01 May Vietnam could become the next big counterfeiter
Fake product makers in China are chasing cheaper labor and leaner oversight from European and US importers all the way to Vietnam, said Phan Minh...
25 Apr Protestors ask Walmart for more aid on anniversary of Bangladesh factory collapse
Donors Trust Fund and another $1.25 million to create job opportunities for 250 Rana Plaza garment workers. Foxvog's group is calling on Walmart to...
23 Apr Chinese footwear workers reject latest offer; no end seen to strike
The workers at the Dongguan plant are demanding a 30 percent pay raise and a better-worded commitment to future contributions. They also say it's unfair...
28 Mar MI Senator Stabenow to Lead Trade Subcommittee on Senate Finance
The Michigan Democrat confirmed in an interview she planned to exercise her seniority to take the gavel that had been held by Ron Wyden, D-Ore.,...