WASHINGTON – Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today released a new Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democratic Staff report investigating the treatment of garment workers, labor rights, and factory safety …
Hamida Begum v Maran (UK) Ltd
The Claimant brings a claim against Maran UK Limited for negligence and breach of common law duty of care relating to fatal injuries suffered by the Claimant’s late husband, MD …
Dutch National Contact Point for the OECD Guidelines Final Statement UNI Global Union vs. VEON
The NCP’s statement respond to a complaint filed by UNI Global union in 2016. UNI Global Union’s complaint alleged that the company harassed workers to suppress organizing with the Banglalink …
‘Mollah’s life was typical’: the deadly ship graveyards of Bangladesh
In March 2018 Mollah fell from the eighth storey of the Ekta, a 300,000-tonne super-tanker that was being cut up at the Zuma Enterprise ship-breaking yard on Sitakunda beach. London …
Transforming the labour governance of global supply chains
Activists and academics alike hailed the conclusion of the Accord on Fire and Building Safety which offered hope that lessons had been learned from the carnage of the 2013 Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh. …
A year after crackdown on wage protests in Bangladesh, hundreds of workers still face retaliatory charges
A year ago, tens of thousands of workers in Bangladesh went on strike against the poverty wages that are pervasive in the country’s export-oriented garment industry. On 13 January 2019, …
EZs to run under EPZ labour law, not Bangladesh labour law
Workers and owners of industrial units under Bangladesh Economic Zones Authority would enjoy their rights according to the Bangladesh EPZ Labour Act, 2019, according to a statutory regularity order issued …
#MeToo Bangladesh: the textile workers uniting against harassment
Dolly Akhtar was only 16 when she started work in a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, stitching clothing destined for shop floors in western countries thousands of miles away. She …
European fashion brands agree new deal in Bangladesh
European fashion brands who buy readymade garments from Bangladesh agreed on Tuesday to hand over responsibility for issues like worker safety to a new body called the Readymade Sustainability Council …
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