Longshore workers protesting the war in Iraq shuttered 29 West Coast ports when they didn’t show up for work on May 1. The stop-work action by 10,000 workers resulted in port operations grinding to an abrupt halt up and down the coast, from San Diego to Vancouver, Wash. The 400-foot cranes at the more»

The Intimate Apparel Council and the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York have teamed up to launch an education program to help intimate-apparel executives gain a leg up in the business. The Certified Intimate Apparel Professional Program is part of FIT’s executive education department, which more»

Customs officials inspecting two cargo containers at the Port of Los Angeles recently came across hundreds of counterfeit hats, shoes, blankets, wallets, wearing apparel and jewelry all bearing designer names. The discoveries were made on two separate days, April 8 and 11, but all the merchandise was more»