Safety Accords

Commentary

First Pakistan Building Inspections Indicate Deadly Fire Hazards Are Widespread

The complex work of formally registering the Pakistan Accord as an entity able…

October 5, 2023
Press Release

Gap Inc. Signs Pakistan Safety Accord in US Breakthrough for Binding Brand-Labor Agreements

Workers in Gap Inc.’s 14 Factories in Pakistan Will Now Benefit from the…

July 20, 2023
Commentary

The Lesson of Rana Plaza: Corporate Self-Regulation Is a Formula for Disaster

The Rana Plaza factory collapse killed 1,138 workers, more than any other manufacturing…

April 21, 2023
Press Release

Labor rights organizations hail advent of the Pakistan Accord 

Expansion of binding international health and safety pact will save garment…

December 14, 2022
Press Release

Worker Rights Consortium Urges Apparel Brands to Join International Safety Accord on Anniversary of Deadly Factory Fire

Since the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile and Garment…

December 13, 2021
Press Release

On Anniversary of Bangladesh’s Deadliest Garment Factory Fire, Worker Rights Consortium Urges Walmart and Other Laggard Retailers to Join Acclaimed Safety Program

Two months after the International Accord for Health and Safety in the Textile…

November 24, 2021
Press Release

NGO Signatories to Bangladesh Accord Welcome New Binding Worker Safety Agreement

Labor rights groups say “every brand that values workers’…

August 25, 2021
Press Release

Bangladesh Accord expiration poses liability risk to apparel brands

An analysis of existing and upcoming human rights due diligence legislation in…

August 19, 2021
Press Release

Brands and Unions Have Three More Months to Agree on an International Binding Agreement for Garment Worker Safety

by Clean Clothes Campaign, Global Labor Justice – International Labor Rights Forum, Maquila…

June 1, 2021
Press Release

Remaining Safety Hazards in Bangladeshi Factories Show That Apparel Brands Must Not Abandon Binding Safety Program

In the week of the World Day for Health and Safety at Work,…

April 29, 2021
Commentary

Two crises, one flawed supply chain model: How the imbalance of power in global supply chains harms workers

On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza factory collapse claimed the lives of…

April 24, 2020