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Article

12 Apr 2013

Author:
Cos Mamhunze, on Southern Africa Trade Hub, US Agency for International Development

Export Digest: Better Work Practices in Lesotho Garment Factories

...Lesotho's apparel sector...is key to the national economy...Better Work Lesotho...is working with garment and footwear factories...to improve their compliance with labour standards and promote their competitiveness...[It] is funded by the United States Department of Labor... 24 factories—representing...about 70% of the sector's workforce—have joined... [Its] Project Advisory Committee...includes the Government of Lesotho...; the Association of Lesotho Employers and Business, and the Lesotho Textile Exporters Association; and sectoral-level workers' organizations...Better Work Lesotho offers factories an annual assessment and advisory service package... Over the last year, factories have taken greater advantage of training...[and] assessment findings of non-compliance...[in some areas] have decreased... Better Work Lesotho advisory visits...have had a positive impact on the remediation of non-compliances... [Refers to Walmart, Levi Strauss, GAP, Jones Apparel (Jones Group), Philipps van Heusen, Children's Place, Sears]