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Workers Rights Consortium urges American retailers to join international Safety Accord

The Bangladesh factory collapse in 2013 took over 1,100 lives and led to an international Safety Accord to protect local garment workers. Now with 155 global apparel brands and retailers having signed the agreement, it has become apparent that a number of key American retailers are not signatories. In another tragic incident, a fire that broke...

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GFWU fights for worker’s rights in TN garment units

After the death of over a 1,000 garment factory workers in a building collapse in Bangladesh a month ago, the Garment and Fashion Workers Union (GFWU), affiliated to the New Trade Union Initiative (NTUI) has initiated a dialogue with international workers rights groups Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) and Workers Rights Consortium (WRC) to help...