While labor advocates say safety has improved significantly in Bangladesh since the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building in 2013, they say progress on better pay and conditions has been far slower.
stitching clothes for big Western brands
since the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building, they say progress on better pay and conditions – from sick pay to insurance benefits – has been far slower. Global fashion brands that source goods from Bangladesh should support the workers’ pay demands, said Christie Miedema from the Clean Clothes Campaign, a global alliance of trade unions and nongovernment organizations.
“Sanjit – just two years older than me and my closest sibling – supported me as I was the only one from the family to pursue higher education,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation, standing beside the empty plot. Yanoor Akter, who was 15 when she worked at a factory housed in Rana Plaza, survived the disaster but was left with debilitating injuries to her legs and abdomen and has struggled to find stable employment as a result.
About 200 fashion brands, including top names like H&M and Zara, formed an agreement on fire and building safety called Accord that involved government officials, factory owners, and labor leaders.
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