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NGO Signatories to Bangladesh Accord Welcome New Binding Worker Safety Agreement
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
Labor rights groups say “every brand that values workers’ lives” will sign the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry Today, apparel brands and labor unions announced agreement on a new International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment Industry, thereby preserving, extending, and expanding the model…
Legal ‘Peril’ Awaits Bangladesh Accord Hold-Outs, Experts Warn
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
Brands ‘exposed to risks if Accord expires’
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
Bangladesh Accord expiration poses liability risk to apparel brands
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
An analysis of existing and upcoming human rights due diligence legislation in relation to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, published today, shows that apparel brands will expose themselves to considerable liability risks if they fail to negotiate and sign a follow up agreement to this ground-breaking safety program, which will expire…
The Bangladesh Accord is set to expire. Here’s what’s at risk
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
Brands and Unions Have Three More Months to Agree on an International Binding Agreement for Garment Worker Safety
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
by Clean Clothes Campaign, Global Labor Justice – International Labor Rights Forum, Maquila Solidarity Network, and Worker Rights Consortium Global unions and negotiating signatory companies have announced that they agreed upon a three month extension of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh to allow for more time to conclude negotiations on a…
RMG Fire and Building Safety: Brands off the hook from today
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
Weakening Legal Protections for Garment Workers in Asia
Country: Cambodia, India, Indonesia
Issues: Covid-19, Freedom of Association Violations, Living Wage, Wage and hour violations, Workplace Health and Safety
May 27, 2021 Dear colleagues, Over the past year, the WRC has tracked a disturbing trend: as their populations faced the ravages of Covid, the governments of several garment-producing countries in Asia acted to strip away and undermine worker protections, a move often framed as a way to attract new investment. In Indonesia and India,…
Why a Landmark Agreement to Protect Garment Workers Risks Falling Apart
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
Bangladesh Accord unions to withdraw from RMG Council
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety