OVER 5,000 workers in the garments industry have been laid off due to pulled-out orders and the US Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) sourcing requirements which posed “unforeseeable” difficulties for some industry players’ operations, according to the Confederation of Wearable Exporters of the Philippines (Conwep). Conwep Executive Director Maritess Jocson-Agoncillo…
MINIMUM wage earners from micro and small establishments and distressed establishments will need government subsidies so they can cope with the proposed legislated wage hike. Labor groups made the proposal at a hearing on Wednesday of the House of Representatives Committee on Labor and Employment on the proposed bills implementing…
A MAJOR European apparel brand has pulled out its orders from the Philippines and is transferring the orders to Vietnam because Vietnam has a free trade agreement with the European Union, according to the Confederation of Wearables Exporters of the Philippines (Conwep). Conwep Executive Director Maritess Jocson-Agoncillo said the resumption…
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