in the news 20180105 – 20180112

VIETNAM

* Despite 2nd fastest wage bump in Asia, Vietnamese workers barely make ends meet
https://e.vnexpress.net/news/business/despite-2nd-fastest-wage-bump-in-asia-vietnamese-workers-barely-make-ends-meet-3694694.html

* Ten new decrees to guide FTA tariff cuts
http://vietnamnews.vn/economy/420691/ten-new-decrees-to-guide-fta-tariff-cuts.html

CAMBODIA

* Factory workers fired for protesting
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/factory-workers-fired-protesting

* Garment factory fires nearly 600
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100574/garment-factory-fires-nearly-600/

* Workers to hawk factory machines
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101011/workers-hawk-factory-machines/

* Court summons ex-trade unionist
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101007/court-summons-ex-trade-unionist/

* Truck accident leaves more than 41 workers injured
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101132/truck-accident-leaves-40-workers-injured/
&
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101349/truck-crash-injures-41-factory-workers/

* Employers required to pay more into NSSF for workers
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/employers-required-pay-more-nssf-workers

* Drop in garment workers fainting
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50101346/drop-garment-workers-fainting/

* A Kampot school makes a spirited crusade against mass faintings
“Mass fainting seems to be an outcry of protest by disempowered workers whose misery is made more acute by their factory work,”
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampot-school-makes-spirited-crusade-against-mass-faintings

MYANMAR/BURMA

* Myanmar ups minimum wage as economy staggers
http://www.mizzima.com/business-domestic/myanmar-ups-minimum-wage-economy-staggers

BANGLADESH

* Shoe factory catches fire at Nazirabazar
http://www.unb.com.bd/bangladesh-news/Shoe-factory-catches-fire-at-Nazirabazar/60113
&
http://www.newagebd.net/article/32128/shoe-factory-catches-fire-at-nazirabazar

* 301 Alliance-linked units complete remediation
http://www.newagebd.net/article/32152/301-alliance-linked-units-complete-remediation

* Minimum wage board office besieged in Dhaka
http://www.newagebd.net/article/32122/minimum-wage-board-office-besieged-in-dhaka

* BGMEA distributes insurance cheques to RMG workers’ nominees
http://thefinancialexpress.com.bd/trade/bgmea-distributes-insurance-cheques-to-rmg-workers-nominees-1515435424

* BGMEA election takes a dramatic turn
http://www.thedailystar.net/business/economy/bgmea-election-takes-dramatic-turn-1518595
&
https://bdnews24.com/business/2018/01/11/eyeing-to-end-election-of-compromise-new-front-to-fight-in-bgmea-polls
&
http://www.newagebd.net/article/32353/3rd-forum-announces-to-vie-for-bgmea-election

* RMG sector facing skilled manpower crisis: FBCCI presiden Bangladesh Garment
Manufacturers and Exporters Association vice-president (finance) Mohammed Nasir said RMG factories have to pay $4 billion every year to the foreign nationals particularly Indians, Sri Lankans and Chinese, who is working currently in Bangladeshi factories.
http://www.newagebd.net/article/31964/rmg-sector-facing-skilled-manpower-crisis-fbcci-president

* Khulna jute mills demo enters 8th day
http://www.newagebd.net/article/32004/khulna-jute-mills-demo-enters-8th-day

* BEZA permit must for EZ units to sell goods locally
http://www.newagebd.net/article/32150/beza-permit-must-for-ez-units-to-sell-goods-locally

* Exports rise 7% in Jul-Dec
http://www.thedailystar.net/business/exports-rise-7pc-jul-dec-1516126

INDIA

* Fire engulfs garment factory; narrow escape for workers
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/fire-engulfs-garment-factory-narrow-escape-for-workers/articleshow/62451434.cms
&
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/major-fire-erupts-at-garments-factory-on-kakowal-road/articleshow/62448204.cms

* Powerloom weavers to launch nation-wide demonstrations for GST after Union Budget
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/powerloom-weavers-to-launch-nation-wide-demonstrations-for-gst-after-union-budget/articleshow/62392829.cms

* FOSTTA wants garment hub in Surat to reduce impact of GST on textile sector
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/surat/fostta-wants-garment-hub-in-surat-to-reduce-impact-of-gst-on-textile-sector/articleshow/62396989.cms

 

* Biz meet to showcase local garments trade
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kolkata/biz-meet-to-showcase-local-garments-trade/articleshow/62423026.cms

* 12 lakh farmers seek ₹6,000 cr. from private seed companies
http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/12-lakh-farmers-seek-6000-cr-from-private-seed-companies/article22414774.ece

* Amid groundnut woes, state govt gets cotton breather
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ahmedabad/amid-groundnut-woes-state-govt-gets-cotton-breather/articleshow/62421561.cms

* 350 mills to stop purchase of cotton waste from Tamil Nadu
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2018/jan/06/350-mills-to-stop-purchase-of-cotton-waste-from-tamil-nadu-1745899.html

* Five cotton-ginning workers dead, 15 injured in a road accident in Telangana
http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/telangana/2018/jan/08/five-cotton-ginning-workers-dead-15-injured-in-a-road-accident-in-telangana-1747620.html

* Louis Vuitton group plans to invest over Rs 3,000 crore in Ramdev’s Patanjali
http://www.newindianexpress.com/business/2018/jan/11/louis-vuitton-group-plans-to-invest-over-rs-3000-crore-in-ramdevs-patanjali-1750955.html

PAKISTAN

* Rauf Siddiqui declared accused in Baldia factory fire case, told to face trial in ATC
https://www.dawn.com/news/1381227/rauf-siddiqui-declared-accused-in-baldia-factory-fire-case-told-to-face-trial-in-atc

* Rauf Siddiqui made part of Baldia Factory investigation
https://www.dawn.com/news/1381186

* Rauf Siddiqui’s name included among suspects
https://dailytimes.com.pk/175614/rauf-siddiquis-name-included-among-suspects/

* Workers, activists demand ban on use of asbestos
NTUF deputy secretary general Nasir Mansoor, health and safety expert Mirza Shahid Baig, Home-based Women Workers Federation’s secretary general Zehra Khan, Gul Rehman and Mushtaq Ali Shan spoke at the seminar.

They said asbestos was chiefly found in the mines in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and it was widely used in construction, manufacturing of pipes and boilers etc.

Besides, they said, the substance was also used in manufacturing of fireproof products, plaster decoration, textiles, garments, cement, automobile and shipping industries.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1381643

* PRGMEA in favour of abolishing duties on cotton yarn
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1604594/2-prgmea-favour-abolishing-duties-cotton-yarn/

* Textile package not enough to save export sector
https://dailytimes.com.pk/35883/textile-package-not-enough-to-save-export-sector/

* NPLs increase to Rs188 billion, Senate panel informed
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1604589/2-npls-increase-rs188-billion-senate-panel-informed/

* 55 Pakistani companies showcase textile products in Frankfurt
Despite GSP Plus status since 2014, Pakistan has been unable to improve its penetration into the European market while other competitors increased their share in EU trade.
https://tribune.com.pk/story/1604557/2-55-pakistani-companies-showcase-textile-products-frankfurt/

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