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Bangladesh: Accord to continue operations for 281 working days as transition agreement is reached
On 19 May 2019, after months of delays and uncertainty, the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building finally struck a deal with the Bangladesh Garment Employers Association (BGMEA) concerning the future of its operations in the country. A memorandum of...
Author: Ana Zbona y Sanyu Awori (Centro de Información sobre Empresas y Derechos Humanos)
….El Día del Trabajo, también conocido como Día Internacional de los Trabajadores, está enraizado en el activismo de los movimientos por los derechos laborales y es un producto de la organización de los defensores de derechos laborales. Este activismo...
British American Tobacco accused of depriving developing countries of hundreds of millions of dollars in tax needed to provide people with health services
Author: Rob Davies, Guardian (UK)
"Tobacco firm BAT 'costs developing countries $700m in tax", 30 April 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Latest news on tax avoidance
- Related companies: British American Tobacco Nobleza Piccardo (part of British American Tobacco) Souza Cruz (part of British American Tobacco)
Commentary: On International Worker's Day we must recognise individual consumption is preventing us from showing effective collective solidarity with garment workers
Author: Mayisha Begum, Gal-dem
"International Worker’s Day marks six years of struggle by garment workers in Bangladesh", 1 May 2019...
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Primark's response
Author: Primark
Thank you for providing us with an opportunity to update you on our actions in Bangladesh following the worker protests in December 2018. We recognize the rights of workers to organize and to protest peacefully and were extremely disappointed that this...
- Related stories: Bangladesh: Brands respond to mass dismissals of garment workers following minimum wage protests
- This is a response from the following companies: Primark (part of Associated British Foods)
Report: Apparel brands' purchasing practices are driving labour abuses in garment factories
Author: Human Rights Watch
""Paying for a Bus Ticket and Expecting to Fly": How Apparel Brand Purchasing Practices Drive Labor Abuses", 23 April 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Beyond Social Auditing
Sixth anniversary of Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh
24 April 2019 is the sixth anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh that crushed 1,134 people to death and injured over 2,000 others. The collapse of the eight-story building, which housed over five garment factories supplying glo...
Author: Collectif Ethique sur l'étiquette
« Rana Plaza, 6 ans après : Au Bangladesh, L’Accord sécurisant les usines de confection menacé d’expulsion. Des mesures cosmétiques des donneurs d’ordre. L’urgence d’adopter un traité international responsabilisant les multinationales », 23 avril 2019...
- Related in-depth areas: Articles, initiatives et commentaires Dernières infos sur un traité contraignant