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Labor rights organizations hail advent of the Pakistan Accord 

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

December 14, 2022
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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
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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
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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
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Amidst Covid-19 Crisis, Untested Industry Group Assumes Safety Responsibilities for Bangladesh Garment Factories despite Concerns

On Monday, June 1, the Bangladesh office of the Accord on Fire and…

October 26, 2020
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
Posts

Effective Infection Control Practices and Policies for Operating Apparel and Textile Factories

Many garment factories worldwide have closed or suspended production—either as a result of…

April 17, 2020
Commentary

When ‘business as usual’ costs lives: workers in Pakistan call for a binding safety agreement

By Christie Miedema and Liana Foxvog – In Karachi, Pakistan, 11 September 2012…

November 14, 2019
Press Release

Amidst Wave of Deadly Fires, Bangladesh Government Threatens to Expel the Only Credible Building Safety Programme in the Country and Further Suppress Workers’ Rights

On the sixth anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse, labour rights…

April 23, 2019