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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
Fires Wreck Garment Factories in South Africa, Philippines, Pakistan
Country: Pakistan, Philippines, South Africa
Issues: Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
Unfinished Business: Outstanding safety hazards at garment factories show that the Accord must be extended and expanded
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
New report by the WRC and other witness signatories to the Bangladesh Accord reveals that deadly safety hazards remain at factories producing for major apparel brands and retailers.
An April report by the witness signatories to the Bangladesh Accord reveals that deadly safety hazards remain at factories producing for major apparel brands and retailers. See annex on Inditex published in July 2021.
Remaining Safety Hazards in Bangladeshi Factories Show That Apparel Brands Must Not Abandon Binding Safety Program
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
In the week of the World Day for Health and Safety at Work, the witness signatories to the Bangladesh Accord have published a report showing that deadly safety hazards remain at factories producing for major apparel brands and retailers. The Accord—the most successful safety program in the contemporary history of apparel supply chains—is set to…
8 Years After the Rana Plaza Disaster, We Still Aren’t Doing Enough to Protect Garment Workers
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Rana Plaza, Safety Accords, Workplace Health and Safety
Amidst Covid-19 Crisis, Untested Industry Group Assumes Safety Responsibilities for Bangladesh Garment Factories despite Concerns
Country: Bangladesh
Issues: Workplace Health and Safety
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…