Lesotho: Factory reduces working hours for the second time due to 'dwindling' demand from US buyers
Résumé
Date indiquée: 12 Sep 2023
Lieu: Lesotho
Entreprises
Kontoor Brands - Buyer , Nien Hsing International (part of Nien Hsing) - Supplier , Levi Strauss - BuyerConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu , Vêtements et textile , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Pratiques d'achat: Volume des commandes , Impacts sur les moyens de subsistanceRéponse
Réponse demandée : Oui, par BHRRC
Affaire contenant la réponse: (En savoir plus)
Mesures prises: Nien Hsing International allegedly supplies to Kontoor Brands and Levi Strauss; neither brand provided a response to a request for comment from the Resource Centre.
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 12 Sep 2023
Lieu: Lesotho
Entreprises
Global International Garments (part of Nien Hsing) - Supplier , Nien Hsing - SupplierConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu , Vêtements et textile , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Emploi irrégulier , Pratiques d'achat: Volume des commandesRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 12 Sep 2023
Lieu: Lesotho
Entreprises
Glory International (part of Nien Hsing) - Supplier , Nien Hsing - SupplierConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: 1500
Travailleurs: ( 1500 - Lieu inconnu , Vêtements et textile , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Pratiques d'achat: Volume des commandes , Impacts sur les moyens de subsistanceRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
Résumé
Date indiquée: 12 Sep 2023
Lieu: Lesotho
Entreprises
C&Y Garments (part of Nien Hsing) - Supplier , Nien Hsing - SupplierConcerné
Nombre total de personnes concernées: Chiffre inconnu
Travailleurs: ( Chiffre inconnu - Lieu inconnu , Vêtements et textile , Gender not reported )Enjeux
Pratiques d'achat: Volume des commandes , Impacts sur les moyens de subsistanceRéponse
Response sought: Non
Type de source: News outlet
"Lesotho: Doom and Gloom Follow Leading Clothing Manufacturer", 12 September 2023
Global International Garments has once again slashed the already reduced working days of its employees due to dwindling orders for its products.
The company started implementing the latest measures last week and the employees now only work 10 days a month from the previous 22 working days.
This is the second time in two months that Global International Garments, a subsidiary of the once iconic Nien Hsing Textile Group, is slashing employees' working days after first reducing the working time from 1 June this year.
The move will consequently adversely affect the take-home pay of the workers, who also risk losing their jobs completely, unless the company's prospects change sooner rather than later.
The Nien Hsing Group has already closed several of its Lesotho subsidiaries over the last few years due to lack of demand for its products on the international market, particularly the United States, leaving thousands of workers jobless.
The first to be shutdown was its Glory International subsidiary, rendering 1500 workers jobless in 2022. Two other subsidiaries, Nien Hsing International and C&Y Garments, were also closed last year, sending home a combined 5400 workers.
Global International Garments had also temporarily laid-off employees due to lack of orders, but reopened in January this year. But five months on, the factory is still struggling.
In addition to Global International Garments, Nien Hsing Group's only other remaining operational subsidiary is Formosa.