The struggle of garment workers

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Solidarity for Westbay Garment Workers
BAYAN, 8 August 1997. Westbay is the Philippine component of the multinational fabric and garments operations of the Mamiye and Wang families in Hongkong sells childrens garments under the Kids R Us and Disney labels. Since the start of the year, Westbay has inflicted on us atrocious unfair labor practices, with the backing of the National Conciliation and Mediation Board (NCMB) and the National Labor Relations Commission (NLRC). A detailed chronology.
Bra workers seek government support
BBC News Online, Tuesday 4 July 2000. Wearing little more than bras to cover their upper body, about 30 men and women marched through Manila to take their message to the Department of Labour. They are employees at a factory belonging to Triumph, the international brassiere and lingerie manufacturer.
New York-New Jersey workers solidarity alliance forwards this clean clothes campaign appeal to the international syndicalist and anarchist movement
A-INFOS news service, 24 June 2001. Participated in by about a third of the factory's 629 workforce, the strike at International Garments Manufacturing Corp. (IGMC), which produces for Wrangler and The Gap, broke out last May 1 when union negotiations failed.
Garment Workers Set To Hold Strike On Oct. 13
Bharat Textile, 7 October 2003. The Partido ng Manggagawa (PM) and its allied labour groups announced that 50,000 workers will hold a work-stoppage on October 13 to protest the series of closures of garment firms in Philippines. Dubbed Workers&' Mutiny, BMP president Victor Briz said the protest action was prompted by the recent closure of Novelty Philippines.