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A Decade After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Garment Workers Are Still Exploited
Published: April 19, 2023
10 Years since Rana Plaza, the Accord has some bold expansion plans
Published: March 28, 2023
Uni Gears Ltd.
Published: December 16, 2022
Uni Gears Ltd. in Gazipur, Bangladesh, a supplier to Outerstuff employing over 1,000 workers, made significant reductions to its workforce beginning in May 2020. Workers testified to the WRC that they were forced to resign under threat of violence; in Bangladesh, workers who resign are entitled to considerably less terminal compensation than those who are…
Code Compliance Successes in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia
Published: December 16, 2022
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Jessica Champagne and Scott Nova Date: December 16, 2022 Re: Code Compliance Successes in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia As we near the end of 2022, we write to provide brief updates on four cases that were resolved this year. In each case, the WRC documented violations of…
What Does the World Cup Have to Do With Garment Workers? Plenty.
Published: November 30, 2022
Posmi Sweaters Ltd.
Published: August 31, 2022
The WRC initiated an investigation in response to a complaint from the Akota Garment Workers Federation (AGWF), brought on behalf of seven Posmi employees, alleging their retaliatory and illegal termination. While investigating the termination of the seven workers, the WRC found a number of violations of university codes and Bangladeshi law, including severe wage and…
Corrective Action for University Code Compliance—in Bangladesh and in LA
Published: August 31, 2022
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Manodeep Guha, Tara Mathur, and Ben Hensler Date: August 31, 2022 Re: Corrective Action for University Code Compliance—in Bangladesh and in LA This update is to inform you of the recent successful completion of corrective actions for university code of conduct violations in two separate cases we have…
Fashion brands said ‘never again’ but women are still being exploited in supply chains
Published: April 24, 2022
Worker Rights Consortium Urges Apparel Brands to Join International Safety Accord on Anniversary of Deadly Factory Fire
Published: December 13, 2021
Since the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry went into effect in September, 155 apparel brands and retailers have signed this new binding agreement which expands the model pioneered by the Bangladesh Accord for protecting worker safety. The signatories include many of the world’s leading apparel brands and retailers….
The Lesson of Rana Plaza: Corporate Self-Regulation Is a Formula for Disaster
Published: April 21, 2023
The Rana Plaza factory collapse killed 1,138 workers, more than any other manufacturing disaster in human history. These deaths, and the injuries to 2,500 others on April 24, 2013, were the culmination of more than a decade of mass fatality incidents in Bangladesh’s garment industry—most of them in factories producing for leading fashion brands and…