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fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Justice for Jeyasre: how a brutal murder led to a better deal for garment workers in India

Women factory workers at Natchi experienced improved safety and respect after a campaign and agreement addressing gender-based violence following Jeyasre Kathiravel's rape and murder.
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fromBrooklyn Paper
1 month ago

From sweatshops to Fifth Avenue: How Christine Alcalay built Brooklyn's most community-driven fashion house * Brooklyn Paper

On a quiet stretch of Park Slope's Fifth Avenue, designer Christine Alcalay 's atelier sits inviting, intimate and unmistakably Brooklyn. Racks of blouses, jackets and vintage-buttoned trousers line the space - proof of what locals already know: the woman behind the clothes runs her business the way she designs, slowly, deliberately and with a soulfulness that can't be mass-produced. But Alcalay's story begins long before her name appeared on a storefront.
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fromwww.nytimes.com
8 months ago

China's Garment Factories Face a Tipping Point After New Tariffs

High tariffs have drastically reduced profit margins for small Chinese garment factories selling to the U.S.
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