Us Raw Materials Association Urged To Resolve Labor Disputes On The West Coast

Last Friday, 175 industry organizations in the United States jointly issued letters, hoping that the International Maritime Organization (ILWU) and the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA) will adhere to the labor contract negotiations.

The USHSLA added to the alliance, hoping to solve the recent problems caused by port congestion.

The problem of delay.

Stephen Sothmann, chairman of the raw materials Association of the United States, respects respect for the positions of both sides, but if they fail to resolve disputes, they will certainly affect the interests of other industries in the United States, especially

Exit.

Stephen said: "this situation must be corrected."

It is reported that the delay time of containers sent to all parts of the world is between 21 days and 30 days, and this number is still increasing.

Each week, the raw material industry in the United States produces approximately $40 million to $45 million of raw material containers through the west coast.

In the US, 90% of raw materials are sold to overseas markets.

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2014, it was a turbulent year for the textile industry in Asia - the surge in wages of Chinese workers, the riots in Kampuchea and the collapse of factories in Bangladesh. These negative news made the Asian textile industry a bit of a headline, and also reflected that the Far East's textile industry is entering the pition period.

China is no longer a cheap clothing country, because in the coastal area's main clothing industry center, the wages of the workers are about 500 dollars a month, and the inland area is 250 dollars, so in recent years, foreign clothing retailers have pferred the factory to Bangladesh and Burma.

The clothing industry in Bangladesh has grown to $25 billion and employs 4 million 400 thousand workers.

Burma is US $5 billion 500 million, providing 650 thousand of employment opportunities.

But in these cheap clothing countries, workers began to fight for higher wages.

After a labour dispute, Burma raised the monthly salary of workers to 68 dollars, an increase of 77%.

In November 2014, the Ministry of labour of Bangladesh raised the minimum monthly salary of clothing workers to $128, an increase of $75, and the monthly salary was almost two times that of Burma.

For the giants of the global apparel industry from these countries (e.g. H&M, Inditex and WAL-MART), the slight increase in the wages of these countries is minimal for the entire business model, because they include marketing, pportation, sales, customs duties and taxes, which account for only 2% to 3% of the total production cost.

The rise in wages has further reduced the profits of local garment companies.

However, these garment retailers have found areas to replace Asia as production centers.

H&M, Tesco and Primark have already begun to purchase from Ethiopia, because there is no minimum monthly salary limit, and for unskilled workers, the monthly salary is only 35 to 40 dollars, much lower than that in Burma.

These foreign clothing merchants are very popular in African countries, and they also benefit a lot from the abundant local labor force and energy.

The clothing industry in Kenya is also developing. Although the country's monthly salary is about 120 dollars, the government has attracted the foreign businessmen with abundant rewards.

Observers say that East African countries are expected to replace East Asia as clothing production centers.

In contrast to East Asia, East African countries have lower clothing costs to Europe or the United States, in addition to cheap labour.

In addition, African countries signed a special trade agreement with the United States in 2000, and American clothing entered the African market for tax exemption.

With the development of local cotton industry in Africa, local resources can be purchased to further reduce costs.

For East Asian countries, they should be pformed into more value-added industries.