Country: Pakistan Issues: Ali Enterprises, Worker-driven Social Responsibility, Workplace Health and Safety
By Christie Miedema and Liana Foxvog – In Karachi, Pakistan, 11 September 2012 is ingrained into people’s minds as the day on which over 250 people did not return home to their families after a long day of work. A fire in the Ali Enterprises garment factory had spread rapidly, fed by the bales of finished product…
When ‘business as usual’ costs lives: workers in Pakistan call for a binding safety agreement
Country: Pakistan
Issues: Ali Enterprises, Worker-driven Social Responsibility, Workplace Health and Safety
By Christie Miedema and Liana Foxvog – In Karachi, Pakistan, 11 September 2012 is ingrained into people’s minds as the day on which over 250 people did not return home to their families after a long day of work. A fire in the Ali Enterprises garment factory had spread rapidly, fed by the bales of finished product…