European and International trade unions have organized an employee (garments and retail) representative’s workshop on the Bangladesh Accord on Fire & Building Safety. While the implementation of this accord that was signed after the Rana Plaza disaster progresses to a new stage, the trade unions want to ensure that employee representatives in contracting companies put this issue on the agenda during discussions with their management teams.
More than 40 business trade union representatives in the textile and garment sector that signed the Bangladesh Accord came to Brussels in mid February to discuss ways in which they can concretely support and better protect their Bangladeshi colleagues. The goal was to define ways to put pressure on European employers to apply the Accord’s commitments as they apply to sub-contractors and suppliers. The Accord was signed in May 2013 (c.f. article No 130232) following a disaster at the Rana...
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