Landmark deal means multinational apparel brand will pay up following delays over fixing hazards at its factoriesUnions representing Bangladeshi textile workers own reached a landmark $2.3m settlement with a multinational apparel brand after it was accused of delays in remedying life-threatening hazards at its factories.
The settlement was agreed after a two-year arbitration process under the legally binding Bangladesh Accord for Fire and Building Safety. The accord was set up in the wake of the fatal collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory complex in 2013, which killed 1135 people in what is considered the world’s worst textile industrial catastrophe.[br] Related: Police and fear stalk the streets of Dhaka as clothes workers fight for more than £54 a month Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com