Garments sector in Lesotho
With 67% of the population considered “poor”, Lesotho gears up to face highest US tariff rate
The highest tariff of 50% imposed on one of the smallest and poorest sub-Saharan African countries, essentially penalizes the inability of its workers producing American brands to afford them.
Workers in Lesotho’s ‘garments’ sector threaten strike
The workers in two of the Nien Hsing’s six factories demand the creation of a separate fabric and paper mill sector, the activities of which are wrongly classified under garment sector, which has the lowest pay.
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