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By Naimul Karim, Thomson Reuters Foundation 4 Min Read DHAKA, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Labour activists on Thursday urged brands to extend a factory safety deal in Bangladesh ahead of the eighth anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster, in which some 1,100 workers died. The collapse of the eight-storey building near Dhaka - the industry’s deadliest accident - on April 24, 2013 led some 200 brands, including H&M and Zara, to sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. That agreement expires on May 31. Labour leaders want the Accord to be renewed in Bangladesh, the...

Beyond the Accord Disrupting the unequal power relationships between global brands, suppliers and workers is essential for an ethical, sustainable industry Garment workers shout slogans while holding brooms during a protest demanding their due wages in Dhaka in September 2020. Photo: Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters Eight years ago, one of the worst industrial disasters in history—the collapse of an eight storey commercial building in a sub-district of Dhaka—demonstrated to the world the heavy price of producing cheap clothing to fuel the "fast fashion" industry for consumers in the global ...

By Naimul Karim DHAKA, April 22 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Labour activists on Thursday urged brands to extend a factory safety deal in Bangladesh ahead of the eighth anniversary of the Rana Plaza disaster, in which some 1,100 workers died. The collapse of the eight-storey building near Dhaka - the industry's deadliest accident - on April 24, 2013 led some 200 brands, including H&M and Zara, to sign the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. That agreement expires on May 31. Labour leaders want the Accord to be renewed in Bangladesh, the world's second-largest exporter of garme...

  VICTORIA -- The B.C. government’s new restrictions on indoor dining have already taken a major toll on restaurants and those that work in them on Vancouver Island. John Cantin has owned and run John’s Place in downtown Victoria for close to four decades. On Wednesday, he was throwing out food from his restaurant’s freezer. A day earlier, he’d been forced to lay off 18 employees at his iconic Victoria restaurant “There’s five people that have been with us over 36 years,” he said. “So it’s tough to watch this.” The layoffs and wasted food were triggered by sudden r...

Proposed Law Could Help Address Human Rights Harms, Climate Change (Brussels) – The European Parliament should seize the chance to strengthen the accountability of companies operating in Europe by requiring them to respect human rights and the environment throughout their global supply chains, Human Rights Watch said today. On January 27, 2021, the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee will vote on a proposal to request EU legislation to hold companies accountable, including recommendations for its content. If the committee approves the proposal, it will go to the European Parlia...