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After the Rana Plaza factory collapse, life-saving reforms were introduced to hold international brands legally accountable for the safety of their workers. But violations still persist.
After the Rana Plaza factory collapse, life-saving reforms were introduced to hold international brands legally accountable for the safety of their workers. But violations still persist.
On 24 April 2013, the Rana Plaza garment factories in Bangladesh collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people, most of them women, and injuring 2,500 others. The pictures of the collapse and the attempts to rescue those trapped in the rubble quickly spread round the world. Consumers started asking questions about the working conditions of the people who were making their clothes.
This is the promised detailed analysis of the end of the WSM following on from our very brief announcement of December 7th, 2021 titled 'WSM has come to an end - we look forward to new anarchist beginnings'.Developed over a couple of dozen meeting since it outlines our collective reflections on why we have taken this decision. It outlines the WSM’s achievements, the challenges we have encountered, and the lessons we feel can be drawn for the future. We are writing for our comrades, friends and supporters who have worked with the WSM in the past. We are also writing for fellow anarc...
Sugar workers in Negros, under the banner of National Federation of Sugar Workers (NFSW), stand by Most Rev. Gerardo Alminaza of the Roman Catholic