The Accord has made âphenomenal changeâ on the ground, inspecting over 1,600 factories, says the BGIWF
In the aftermath of the Bangladesh Rana Plaza tragedy in 2013, two initiatives were set up to oversee the country s clothing factories for fire, electrical and structural issues – the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety and the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety. The Alliance s tenure comes to an end next month, and there are serious concerns for garment workers if another agreement is not signed soon.
Under the oversight of the Accord and Alliance, Bangladesh now has one of the safest and most transparent ready-made garment (RMG) industries in the world. But that could now under threat.
Eight years on from factory collapse garment workers are again at risk, unions warn
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8th anniversary of Rana Plaza tragedy being observed; labour organisations demands still unmet
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Eighth anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse, the deadliest garment factory accident in history that took over a thousand lives, is being observed today.
This year, the anniversary is being observed on a limited scale due to the pandemic situation, said Rafiqul Islam Sujan, president of Bangladesh Garments and Industrial Workers Federation.
In the morning, 18 workers organisations under the banner of Sramik Samannay Parishad placed wreaths at the base of a temporary memorial monument at the site where at least 1,136 people were killed and over 2,500 were injured when Rana Plaza collapsed on April 24, 2013.
MYANMAR’S human right abuses since the February 1 military coup have sparked a plea for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to consider expelling the country during the bloc’s two-day summit in Jakarta this weekend.
Myanmar’s National Unity Government, an opposition group formed last week by leading critics of the military junta, appealed for those gathered in the Indonesian capital to take firm action.
“Please, Asean member states, [do] not recognise the coup,” Naw Susanna Hla Hla Soe said in a phone call to Asean representatives.
“Please recognise and hear the cry of Myanmar’s people … by collaborating [with], supporting or recognising the National Unity Government of Myanmar,” she added.