CPD RMG Study Stitching a better future for Bangladesh
Two new bodies will act as transitional safety supervisors in the garment sector after the expiry of the tenure of Accord and Alliance.
Read More »Workers’ empowerment key to sustaining workplace safety
Labour leaders say unions need to be independent of foreign funding and NGOs and must unite to fight for their rights
Read More »Five years after Rana Plaza many workers still work in unsafe conditions
Although safety is a higher priority five years on from the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh that killed 1,135 garment workers, dangerous conditions persist in smaller factories, campaigners said.
Read More »Bangladesh’s garment industry now a model for workplace safety
On this day five years ago, Rana Plaza collapsed, and with it went 1,138 lives and irrevocably changed those of thousands others.
Read More »Almost half of Rana Plaza survivors still unemployed: study
A survey conducted by Action Aid Bangladesh has found that around half of the Rana Plaza survivors have been left unable to work.
Read More »5 years after the world’s largest garment factory collapse, is safety in Bangladesh any better?
It’s considered the worst garment industry accident of all time: An eight-story building housing several garment factories and a shopping center called Rana Plaza collapsed five years ago in Bangladesh, killing more than 1,000 workers and injuring more than 2,500.
Read More »Govt forms joint monitoring committee to evaluate factory remediation work
The government has formed a joint monitoring committee comprised of representatives of brands and buyers, International Labour Organisation, garment factory owners and trade unions to evaluate the status of factory remediation work under Accord and Alliance and the readiness of national regulatory body to take over post-remediation monitoring from the buyers’ platforms.
Read More »Alliance Announces safety remediation of 322 RMG factories
A total of 322 RMG factories affiliated with the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety have completed all material components in their corrective action plans.
Read More »US administration wants to see more progress from Bangladesh for GSP restoration
For GSP status to be restored, Bangladesh needs to make progress in workers’ safety, freedom of association, and protection of labour leaders from violent reprisals, the Trump administration has told the Congress.
Read More »Govt to support remediation coordination cell with own fund
The government, pressed by the expiry of two global buyers’ platforms in July, is planning to strengthen with its own fund its remediation coordination cell, which will take over the responsibility of the post-remediation oversight of readymade garment factories, as the ILO fund is yet to be available.
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