Lesotho: Factory Workers to March As Lesotho’s Textile Jobs Hang By a Thread

Unions demand the renewal of AGOA and lower tariffs on exports to the US

• Lesotho’s “Big Six” trade unions have announced a mass protest at the end of the month to defend jobs in the textile and clothing industry.
• Thousands of jobs are threatened by punitive tariffs imposed by the United States and uncertainty over the future of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) which gives eligible African countries duty-free access to US markets on some goods.
• The unions say there is no evidence…