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28 May 2015

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Industriall Global Union

Bangladesh Accord announces first factories to complete safety recommendations

On 20 May 2015, Accord engineers verified the successful completion of all remediation requirements stemming from initial inspections at two garment factories - Concord Fashion Export Ltd. and Jeacon...The Accord was set up following the Rana Plaza factory building collapse in Dhaka, which killed over 1,100 people and injured 2,000 more. It is a groundbreaking legally binding agreement between global brands and retailers and trade unions, designed to build a safe and healthy Bangladeshi ready-made garment industry...However, the burning issue of poverty wages still blights the Bangladeshi garment industry. 

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