#Bangladesh garment factory

[teganwatson22]

Vertex sourcing BD is one of the reputed Buying agent and garments exporting house In Bangladesh with a true sense of Business and professionalism.

[wolfthread1]

Tanvir

Tanvir Rana – Leading the Charge at Wolf Thread: An Expert in Textiles, Crude Oil, Agro, and Beyond

When it comes to steering a multi-sourcing company, few individuals match the expertise and dynamic leadership of Tanvir Rana, the CEO and Founder of Wolf Thread Agency. Tanvir’s role spans multiple industries, but his specialization in textiles manufacturing and stocklot management, coupled with his excellence in crude oil and agro sourcing, positions him as one of the most reliable agents in the market.

Textiles Manufacturing: Expertise in Large Quantities

At the heart of Tanvir’s expertise lies Wolf Thread’s thriving textiles division. Wolf Thread is strategically partnered with a wide network of factories across Bangladesh, one of the world’s leading hubs for garment production. Under Tanvir's guidance, the agency is able to handle manufacturing orders of substantial scale.

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Agro Sourcing and Supply: Bridging the Gap Between Farmers and Markets

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Business Services and Consulting: Driving Growth Across Industries

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A Visionary Leader and Expert Agent

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[fabricdragondesigns]

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[ahaura]

(Nov. 7)

@MorePerfectUS: Bangladesh is raising the minimum wage for garment workers by 56% after workers led mass protests. Weeks of strikes had shut down factories for brands like Gap, H&M, and Zara. Worker groups plan to keep protesting, saying the new $113/month wage falls far short of fair pay.

[zvaigzdelasas]

[Reuters is Canada-Based Private Media]

Bangladesh will raise the minimum wage for garment workers by 56.25%, the first hike since 2019, the junior labour minister said on Tuesday after a week of protests calling for higher salaries. The minimum wage for workers will be increased from 8,000 taka to 12,500 taka ($114) per month from Dec. 1, State Minister for Labour and Employment Monnujan Sufian said. There will also be a 5% annual increment. The protests, which led to clashes with police that killed two workers and wounded dozens more, pushed the government to form a panel of factory owners, union leaders and officials to consider the demand for higher pay.[...]

"(Government welfare) cards will be provided to the workers, later the ration cards will be given to them so they can buy essential commodities at cheaper rates," Rahman, also a former president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, told Reuters. Workers, however, are not happy with the rise at a time when inflation is running at 9.5%.

7 Nov 23

[TheDailyStar is Bengali Private Media]

The wage board for garment workers has set the minimum salary at Tk 12,500, a little over half of what workers demand. Union leaders have rejected the new minimum wage put forth by the wage board, which accepted the proposal of factory owners’ representative Siddiqur Rahman. The current starting wage is Tk 8,000. Union leaders yesterday threatened to go for tough demonstrations. Workers had demonstrated for 12 straight days.[...]

Before the announcement, members of the Minimum Wage Board, formed on April 9, held a meeting at its office. While the meeting was going on, union leaders outside chanted slogans demanding a minimum wage of at least Tk 23,000. Demanding a starting salary of Tk 25,000, Montu Ghosh, president of Garment Sramik Trade Union Kendra, said the measly amount set was not enough to lead a good life. Inflation and high prices of essentials have made things worse for garment workers. Ghosh along with other union leaders of the Mojuri Briddhite Garment Sramik Andolon, a platform of workers’ unions, in a statement rejected the new minimum wage and called for a rally on Friday where they would announce tougher programmes[...]

If the workers’ unrest continues, the responsibility will lie with the wage board, Nazma said.[...]

[The] president of the Bangladesh Apparel Workers’ Federation, said the prime minister’s intervention is needed in setting the new minimum wage. He demanded ration cards, not the family cards of the TCB, for the garment workers.[...]

The new minimum wage is much less than those offered in India, Cambodia, Vietnam, China and Indonesia. Only Pakistan has a lower minimum wage. Early last month, the Centre for Policy Dialogue, after a survey, interviews and research, estimated that the minimum wage for an RMG worker should be Tk 17,568. The new minimum wage falls short of that. The think-tank had delved into food and non-food expenditure patterns of 228 workers from 76 factories and even considered how many earning members an average RMG worker’s family had. The CPD had stated that the food cost for an RMG worker family was at least Tk 9,198 a month but notes that the standard food expenditure for a family of four would be Tk 16,529 and that the garment workers have to cut corners to make ends meet.

It said 12 percent of the workers’ families do not buy milk at all, 5 percent do not buy sugar, and 5 percent do not consume fruits.

8 Nov 23

[workingclasshistory]

On this day, 24 April 2013, the 8-storey Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed, killing over 1,100 mostly women garment workers, as bosses in the country's largest industry put profits before people. The first people on the scene to render assistance were local workers and relatives of those trapped, who began desperately trying to rescue survivors before emergency service workers arrived. The building had been evacuated the previous day after cracks appeared in walls, floors and pillars, but the owner of the building, Sohel Rana, claimed that an engineer declared the structure safe and workers should go back to work the following day. At 9 AM, one hour after the morning shift began work, a quality inspector named Mahmudur described to the Daily Star what happened next: “Darkness engulfed the entire place with thick clouds of debris. I heard screams around me. My heart started pounding… I lay down near a pillar, thinking that perhaps I was going to die. We were being roasted inside”. Rana, who was an official in the ruling Awami League party, had the building constructed without any supervision from engineers or architects in 2008, and in 2010 added three more floors of the building without planning permission. At the time of the disaster he was planning on adding an additional ninth storey. On April 25, the day after the collapse, hundreds of thousands of workers in the area walked out on strike, built barricades on major highways, attacked working factories and battled police before besieging the headquarters of the garment employers' federation, demanding prosecution of Rana and the factory bosses. More information, sources and map: https://stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9625/Rana-Plaza-collapse https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=614209984085554&set=a.602588028581083&type=3

[thoughtportal]

Workers in Bangladesh have shut down production for top fashion brands including Levi's, H&M, Zara, Gap, and more. Bangladesh's 3,500 garment factories account for around 85% of the country's exports. But conditions for workers, almost all of whom are women, are dire. Monthly wages start at $75. Workers are striking for fairer pay and better conditions.

[fuckyeahmarxismleninism]

Factories close as Bangladesh police clamp down on protesting garment workers — BenarNews

https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/bengali/garment-strike-11022023154700.html

Street protests by Bangladeshi garment workers who want higher wages have turned violent while hundreds of factories have shut down, crippling the industry that is an engine of the country’s export economy.

At least two people have been killed in street clashes with police since thousands of workers began striking on the outskirts of Bangladesh’s capital last week to demand that they be paid double their monthly salary. As many as 500 garment factories have temporarily closed, authorities and factory owners said Thursday.

[sapphicteaparty]

i've NEVER seen a single good faith discussions about pleather on this website and i want ppl to think critically for one second about the way businesses talk about their products. "vegan leather" is purely a marketing term and nothing else. it was invented by the fashion industry and it has nothing to do with vegans or veganism.

"vegan leather" is basically made of polyester (a type of plastic), but crucially a lot of clothes nowadays are made of polyester either fully or partially because it's cheaper to produce. so of course clothing companies are going to be producing and marketing things that make them more money.

these products are not even targeting vegans, they're making an average customer feel better about their purchases, same way they are now putting "eco" labels on some of their organic cotton clothing. it's just greenwashing. NOTHING in fast fashion is eco friendly in any way - this whole industry is extremely wasteful an exploitative on every level. when are ppl going to realize that these companies just say anything they can to make it seem like they care about anything other than their profit margins. because they don't.

my wish is that ppl that talk about how bad pleather is and how vegans are apparently responsible for all of the microplastic pollution in the world also talked or cared even a little bit about the absolutely horrific abuse and exploitation that happens in the clothing and fast fashion industry. talk about how this industry consistently fails (or outright refuses) to pay its workers a living wage or how they don't provide them humane working conditions - and how that led to thousands of garment workers dying and getting injured when a garment factory collapsed in Bangladesh (and that's not the only tragedy this industry is directly responsible for).

also microplastics are only the tip of the iceberg if you want to talk about the pollution that the clothing industry is responsible for (toxic chemicals and pesticides used in cotton production, garment dyes, the disposal of textile waste etc) - all of which has direct human costs tied to it.

but if your only concern ever was microplastics that clothes can shed then great! avoid all polyester and plastic clothing. but did you know textiles aren't even the primary microplastic contaminants? it's plastic bags, bottles and fishing nets by far. most ppl can't always avoid these plastic items in daily life. but do you eat fish? vegans don't.

i'm just so tired of the pleather discussion focusing on the wrong thing (vegans) when there are so many more aspects about the clothing industry and plastic pollution that never get addressed when they should. and the amount of misinformation on these topics is just laughable at this point. ppl sure enjoy reblogging posts that confirm their biases and free them from having to critically engage with complicated issues because it's so easy to just blame a group of ppl for it.

anyway if you're concerned about ethical clothing (i hope you are) then basically these are your best options:

wear what you already have and don't buy new clothes unless necessary

get second hand clothes

get upcycled clothes

this may seem a bit extreme but these are the only options that don't result in new clothes and textiles being produced because there is an overproduction issue in the clothing industry which is why over 80% of clothes end up in landfills. obviously these options aren't viable for everyone all the time but if the goal is sustainability then that's just the reality of things for now.

you can also do things like mend your clothes so they last longer, learn to sew to make your own clothes etc all of that is better than buying new clothes. donating clothes to a thrift store is also not ideal since they get so many donations that a lot of it ends up in a landfill anyway and recycling clothes is also not straightforward or even possible in a lot of cases. so not buying new/more clothes is the most environmentally friendly option. and before you go no ethical consumption under capitalism blah blah yeah we know. doesn't mean you are powerless and have no choices in anything ever.

please learn more about microplastics, the clothing/textile industry and veganism before you uncritically reblog another misinformed post about "vegan leather" or microplastics. also please don't uncritically believe what i wrote here either. if you're seriously interested in these topics then your source for this information shouldn't be some tumblr post in the first place. there are lot of studies, documentaries and articles about all the things i mentioned. i'm not a researcher or a scientist, so don't ask me. i'm just tired.

[polybbiuss]

thinking about how in 1911 the triangle shirtwaist factory set fire in new york, killing 146 people, which immediately led to more regulations and better working conditions in the US garment industry. thinking about how in 2005 a garment factory in dhaka, bangladesh collapsed, killing 73 people. thinking about how in 2012 two garment factories in pakistan burned down, killing 314 people. thinking about how only two months later, another garment factory in dhaka, bangladesh burned down, killing 117 people (124 including unconfirmed deaths). thinking about how in 2013 yet another garment factory in dhaka, the rana plaza, collapsed, killing 1134 people. thinking about how nothing has changed for the workers in bangladesh, in pakistan, in all the other countries whose labor we exploit, in the aftermath of these tragedies. thinking about how things have only gotten worse. thinking about how every time these workers try to ask for better wages and better working conditions they get brutally attacked, and sometimes killed, in response. thinking about how things may never improve for all of these people because doing so would cause the fashion industry to make less money. thinking about how the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.

[indizombie]

Bangladesh is a major producer of garments supplying to world’s top brands such as H&M, Lewis, Gucci, Zara and many others. Nearly 4.0 million workers, mostly women toil in 3,500 garment factories supplying nearly 60 percent of global trendy garments. Bangladesh earns nearly $55 billion from exports annually. However, the working conditions of the workers are dire - work day stretching ten hours, with a meagre monthly pay of Taka 8,300 or $75. Though 85 percent of workforce are women, they lack job security, bonus, work safety, insurance or maternity leave and other minimum benefits. The workers are on strike for the last two weeks demanding wage hikes.

Soma Marla, ‘Why Garment Workers in Bangladesh are on Strike’, Countercurrents

[f1ghtsoftly]

Im being real I only want to organize with other women but my interest in like passing laws vs direct action is literally zero.

Laws are helpful, but they are ultimately reformist. I think, coming out of the 20th century a major takeaway I had is that women need to build things that cannot be taken away from us (basically separatism). Abortion should have never been a debate, it’s a right, if a government tries to legislate that then it is illegitimate. Women’s work should be paid. Women should run households. No women should be forced to live under constant threat of rape or battery. Sex is about love and connection not about owning someone (or their children). None of these things are complicated. Women understand this reality intuitively. It is men who do not. By asking rather than taking-we in turn legitimate this source of power but, men should not hold power over women. It is illegitimate.

The biggest failure, in my opinion, of second wave feminism in the US is it could not reproduce itself. I agree with Federici’s assessment that “Wages for Housework” (or some variation) is one of the biggest tasks left undone. By and large child production in the US remains a task for the nuclear family, ensuring patriarchy will live on for another generation and another generation of adult women will suffer inside of it. We can remedy this by creating intentional communities of women by women, raising our own wages and collectively supporting each other through family creation and in the workplace.

Furthermore, I really strongly encourage women to stop supporting causes, political movements or organizations that refuse to prioritize women’s issues. This is particularly relevant in the realm of foreign policy. I find it repulsive how many self styled radical feminists turn around and support US imperial projects abroad. We must reshape the way we organize the production of commodities if we are to liberate women. That means *not* supporting the imperialist powers in their quest to secure new markets and create sources of cheap labor+raw materials. Women’s piss poor wages in garment factories in Bangladesh is directly related to the strength of the conservative patriarchy in Bangladesh. Subsistance farmers in Brazil and South Asia need women to produce a large workforce as cheaply as possible, they accomplish this through patriarchal marriage and religion. The US forced it’s way into Eastern Europe to secure new markets and access to raw materials and the looting of the Soviet State saw the largest entrance of women into the sex trade in world history. Im not saying be uncritical about places like Iran, China or Russia, but I am saying be mindful of what exactly the person speaking intends to do about it. Global revolution is different than a proxy war between US+friends, solidarity with striking workers is different than Sanctions and Embargos which starve women and children. NGO’s operate in the interest of their donors, whoever they happen to be. Both horrors can be true and we must develop the capacity to see all of them-so that our intention to help does not untinentionally prolong the suffering of our global sisters. I cannot be more adamant that vigorous opposition to imperialism, vigorous opposition to the US government and her military is the absolute best way those of us living in the west can support women globally.

Many women are fooled by the belief that this is impractical and centering women and demanding real, revolutionary change is hopeless but allow me to ask you this, how many women have lived and died under this current regime? How many women have given their lives, have devoted themselves entirely to women’s advancement? We have made small gains-but it is not nearly commiserate to the effort we have put into achieving them. We are staring down the barrel of a new age, one where women’s bodies can be spliced and sold like pieces of meat. One where religious fundamentalism will remain a dominant global force. One where women can look forward to lives as drudges, whores or wives living with back to back pregnancies, constantly under the boot of men. Is that the world we want? Is that the world women have worked so hard to achieve?

We need a more radical, more prideful strategy befitting our dignity and in line with what we deserve. We deserve so much more than concessions. We deserve freedom and the fruits of our labor.

So please, consider that it is ok for you to be the main character in this story and stop lending your time, support and energy to causes that do not center women’s experiences. I don’t care if you’re “also lgbtq” or also a “poc” or also “colonized”. You’re suffering more than a man is, women deserve to be at the forefront of every single social movement, not a supporting role, a woman unfairly in prison is just as significant as her male counterpart. Lesbians get beat up and preyed on by homophobic men just as much, if not more, then gay men do. Women suffer worse under occupying armies, women suffer worse under sanctions, women suffer worse in post colonial political chaos then men do.

You matter just as much as they do and you need to *leave* if they do not recognize that. You will never lose by recognizing your worth.

[christopheloiron]

The words “organic denim” kinda belong together as much as “healthy cigarettes” or “sustainable fast fashion” do…

But Cone Mills White Oak Plant, North Carolina, produced a few limited runs of organic selvedge indigo denim back in its days, before one of the last domestic fabric milling operation in the US shut down in 2017. If you’ve ever owned a pair of pre-2001 classic 501s, the one plant that had been supplying Levi Strauss with its proprietary shrink-to-fit indigo denim for over 100 years is Cone Mills. Why that mill folded while demand for premium denim fabric had NEVER been that high worldwide at the time? Beats me. Blame it on Fast-Fashion new sets of rules reprogramming price points and consumers’ buying habits, and profit-driven suits lured by offshoring production to cut down on costs to accommodate shareholders…

I always thought Levi’s (a public yet somewhat still family-run business to this day) should have considered sacrificing a few assets and saved that plant… But no. Much cheaper to produce denim jeans in Turkey, Pakistan, Cambodia, Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia etc. And the garment-distressing factories to achieve that desirable « vintage��» worn-in look are also right next door! How convenient. Much easier to turn a blind eye on environmental guidelines when they are being violated on the other side of the world… While the average consumer just wants a good deal, and "Buy Less, Pay More" never sounds too appealing to a society plagued by consumerism.

Anyways, here are two identical (before/after) pairs of Mister Freedom® "Californian" Lot64 OG23, cut from NOS (New Old Stock) « organic » denim produced by Cone Mills, jeans cut & sewn in California, USA. I wore my pair for about 8 months doing chores + 3 maintenance full washes. More deets here

[blue-village]

4.11.2023

Striking Bangladesh garment workers clashed with police on Saturday near the capital as factories reopened in defiance of a protest campaign demanding a near-tripling of wages.

Bangladesh's 3,500 garment factories account for around 85% of the South Asian country's $55 billion annual exports, supplying many of the world's top names in fashion including Levi's, Zara and H&M.

But conditions are dire for many of the sector's four million workers, the vast majority of whom are women whose monthly wages start at 8,300 taka ($75).

Police said some 600 businesses shuttered over the week had reopened in areas worst-hit by the strike, which saw some factories ransacked and set alight.

But clashes broke out in the industrial town of Ashulia, west of the capital Dhaka, after around 10,000 workers attempted to prevent their colleagues from returning to their shifts.

"They hurled stones and bricks at officers and factories and tried to block roads," Ashulia police chief Mohammad Sarowar Alam told AFP.

"We dispersed them by firing tear gas," he said, adding that 1,500 security forces personnel had been deployed there and in nearby Savar to keep order.

A 35-year-old woman was critically injured when police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at hundreds of protesters at Sreepur, some 60 kilometres (40 miles) north of Dhaka, police inspector Ibrahim Khalil told AFP.

Imran Khan, the woman's nephew, told AFP she had been struck by rubber bullets on the face three times.

[zvaigzdelasas]

Bangladesh garment factories fire workers after protests, unions say - Reuters

28 Dec 23

[h0neyfreak]

I know there’s a lot happening in the world but garment workers in Bangladesh are striking for a wage increase despite violent state opposition and it’s bringing a lot of fashion production to a halt. Garment manufacturing in China and Bangladesh is a genuine humanitarian and environmental crisis and has been for a long time (yall can google that one yourselves this is not a hot take). I wouldn’t be surprised if brands with factories in China (SHEIN and Amazon come to mind) start trying to capitalize on it with a lot of ads and sales.

Fast fashion/textile waste in general is one of My Things™️ and I encourage you not to be too quick to fall into “it’s all I/some people can afford” as a way to avoid changing behavior and attitudes around clothing consumption and instead ask WHAT you’re trying to afford and whether it’s worth it.

I am largely a disbeliever in “power of the purse” as a mechanism for change but this is one area where you can actually have an impact which I think is incredibly cool. Put simply, someone is buying a lot of cheap clothing and it’s not the uber-rich or people living in poverty.

I have more tips and suggestions for avoiding/limiting the money going to fast fashion than I can count but my main one is to learn the basic skills required to customize clothes. It’s a lot easier to shop secondhand or even sustainable brands (which tend to be both expensive and boring) when you focus on quality and fit and can add the style yourself as needed.