Workplace Health and Safety

News Story

RMG Fire and Building Safety: Brands off the hook from today

Media outlet: The Daily Star

May 31, 2021
Affiliate Communcation

Weakening Legal Protections for Garment Workers in Asia

May 27, 2021 Dear colleagues, Over the past year, the WRC has…

May 27, 2021
News Story

Why a Landmark Agreement to Protect Garment Workers Risks Falling Apart

Media outlet: Business of Fashion

May 27, 2021
News Story

Bangladesh Accord unions to withdraw from RMG Council

Media outlet: just-style

May 13, 2021
News Story

Fires Wreck Garment Factories in South Africa, Philippines, Pakistan

Media outlet: Sourcing Journal

May 11, 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
News Story

8 Years After the Rana Plaza Disaster, We Still Aren’t Doing Enough to Protect Garment Workers

Media outlet: Vogue

April 19, 2021
Posts

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 is…

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