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A-One BD Ltd.
Published: April 6, 2021
A-One BD Ltd., an Italian-owned supplier to Benetton and Next, located in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone, closed in April 2020 leaving 1,400 workers unemployed. For the first three months of 2020, the factory did not pay workers’ wages. After protesting, they received payment for only two of the three months. In addition, after A-One…
Case Brief: Uni Gears Ltd. (Bangladesh)
Published: March 1, 2021
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Laura Gutierrez and Ben Hensler Date: March 1, 2021 Re: Case Brief: Uni Gears Ltd. (Bangladesh) After extensive engagement with the university licensee, Outerstuff, the WRC has secured commitments from Outerstuff and its supplier factory in Bangladesh, Uni Gears Ltd., to comply with university codes of conduct by…
After Tazreen Fashions and Rana Plaza, Covid-19 once again exposes the human cost of fast fashion
Published: February 26, 2021
Bangladesh factories face smaller, less profitable orders this Christmas
Published: December 17, 2020
‘I thought about killing my children’: the desperate Bangladesh garment workers fighting for pay
Published: December 10, 2020
Second wave lockdowns hit Bangladesh
Published: November 24, 2020
Accord signatories raise fears about RSC
Published: October 27, 2020
Amidst Covid-19 Crisis, Untested Industry Group Assumes Safety Responsibilities for Bangladesh Garment Factories despite Concerns
Published: October 26, 2020
On Monday, June 1, the Bangladesh office of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh (Accord), the factory inspection program that has achieved historic progress in protecting the lives of the country’s garment workers in the years since the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster, transitioned its functions to a recently established local organization, the…
L&Y Embroidery
Published: May 28, 2020
The WRC’s investigation found that L&Y, a subcontractor to college logo cap factory, Han Apparel (Han), violated Bangladeshi labor law and university codes of conduct by terminating at least seven employees without providing them legally required notice and severance benefits. After engagement by the WRC with Han’s buyer for collegiate products, university licensee Zephyr Headwear…
Two crises, one flawed supply chain model: How the imbalance of power in global supply chains harms workers
Published: April 23, 2020
On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza factory collapse claimed the lives of 1,137 garment workers in Bangladesh and injured thousands more. The tragedy, which was the deadliest disaster in a manufacturing facility in human history, put a spotlight on the grossly unsafe labor conditions plaguing Bangladesh’s garment sector and catalyzed fundamental reform. The international…