Walmart, Gap and a few other companies have decided to design their own program to monitor their subcontractors in Bangladesh. Indeed, they’ve refused to sign the global agreement on building safety ratified by 42 mostly European groups with the IndustriAll and UNI Global unions after the collapse, on April 24, of a building near Dacca which killed over 1,100 people subcontracting for big textile and retail groups. (Ref. 130364)
Walmart (supermarkets), Gap (clothing) American Apparel, JCPenney, Sears, Target… In the end, American retail giants have decided to forge their own safety plan for plants in Bangladesh, engaged with the Bipartisan Policy Center. This organization, run by two former senators George J. Mitchell, a Democrat, and Olympia J. Snowe, a Republican, is going to “develop and implement a new program to improve fire and safety regulations in the garment factories of Bangladesh.” The content of the...
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