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Sri Lanka Minimum Wage Rise Met With Concern, Skepticism
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo Finance· 4 weeks agoDespite awaiting what is just a final formality of the O.K. of a 40 percent increase in minimum wage...
Sri Lanka Sees 21% Uptick in GOTS-certified Factories
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoThe Sri Lankan textile sector is working to elevate its profile in the global market and has...
Garment Workers Blast ‘Dangerous’ New Normal at Nike
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 1 year agoGarment workers in the global South are tired of watching the world’s biggest brands cash in on what they have characterized as wage theft. Companies...
With EU’s GSP+ Trade Benefits on the Line, Questions Abound in Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWho will be the winners and losers of the European Union’s GSP+ in 2024? As the European Union’s...
Sri Lanka’s president says government will not oppose bill to decriminalize homosexuality
NextShark via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPresident Ranil Wickremesinghe, who took office in July, said Sunday that the Sri Lankan government...
Anne praises ‘extraordinary’ work of Save the Children in Sri Lanka
Press Association News via AOL· 4 months agoThe Princess Royal has praised the “extraordinary” work of Save the Children in Sri Lanka as she...
Year in Review: How 2023 Became the Year of the Garment Worker Protest
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 4 months ago2023 saw a groundswell of activism from the people who make the world’s clothes. While protests from...
Sri Lankan tea pickers' dreams shattered by economic crisis
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn a lush plantation in Sri Lanka, Arulappan Ideijody deftly plucks the tips of each tea bush,...
Gender Discrimination in Fashion Supply Chains: What Should Companies Report?
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 6 months agoFreedom from discrimination based on gender is a universal human right and one of the core labor...
China’s U.S. Exports See Biggest Drop in 30 Years
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIs China losing its grip as the “world’s factory?” The superpower saw its exports slip by 4.6 percent to $3.4 trillion in 2023, the first contraction in...