Most factory workers who produce garments for the fashion industry are women. Studies show that women constitute 60-80% of ...

On blustery winter mornings, bundled under layer upon layer of clothing, I walk from Union Square to my office in the Flatiron District in New York City. As I plod up the blocks, I pass H&M, Zara, ...

Hundreds have died in Bangladesh factory fires. Jan. 27, 2013 — -- Another garment factory has burned in Bangladesh and killed seven more workers sewing clothes for Western customers, according ...

Workers Ordered Into Factory Before Deadly Collapse, Labor Group Says April 24, 2013— -- An eight-story building that housed four garment factories in the capital city of Bangladesh collapsed ...

Mike Angel Reynoso grew up with the sound of sewing machines. He played as a boy in his mother’s Lincoln Heights garment factory and helped pack shipments as a teen. Now 31, he strolls through the ...

At a factory in Cambodia that is believed to make Nike apparel, at least 107 garment workers fainted on Wednesday. The cause is likely to be exposure to chemicals and poor ventilation, reports New ...

DHAKA, Bangladesh – Fire raced through a garment factory that supplies major retailers in the West, killing at least 112 people, many of whom were trapped by the flames because the eight-story ...