Bangladesh workplace safety Archives

Cost of Factory Safety in Bangladesh on $22 Jeans: 99 Cents

In Bangladesh, the difference between a safe factory and an unsafe one comes down to a few cents. For just pennies per t-shirt or pair of trousers produced, garment manufacturers could build ...

EU Weighs Trade Action to Improve Safety After Bangladesh Factory Tragedy

The European Union is considering trade action against Bangladesh, which has preferential access to EU markets for its garments, in order to pressure Dhaka to improve safety standards after a ...

Retailers to Compensate Victims of Bangladesh Factory Disaster

Two Western retailers have promised to compensate families of garment workers killed while making their clothes in a Bangladesh factory building that collapsed last week in the country's worst ...