An Industry That's Fraying Fast

摘要

In the basement of the white-and -blue-painted factory, frail, sari-clad G Sivakami is checking track pants for flaws before they are shipped. The 40-year-old Sivakami works for Stallion Group, a $20 million garment manufacturer in Tirupur, a town of 800,000 that is a center of India's apparel industry-and a focal point for a gathering crisis in Indian manufacturing. For the past six months, Sivakami's eight work shifts a week are down to six.