Two years after the Rana Plaza tragedy, a 6 million $ shortfall remains in the compensation fund for families of those who lost their lives or were wounded.

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On April 24 2013 a textile factory collapsed in Bangladesh causing the death of more than 1,100 workers who produced garments for Western companies. The tragedy also left several thousand wounded. A compensation fund was set up connected with the international service and industrial unions bodies: UNI Global and IndustriALL. A study estimates that 30 million $ is needed to fully compensate the families, yet two years later a 6 million $ shortfall remains.
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Benetton, bringing up the rear. After announcing in February its willingness to contribute to the compensation fund, on April 17 the Italian garments company confirmed its intention to pay 1.1 million $ into the Rana Plaza victim compensation fund. Professional services company PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) advised that a payment of 550,000 $ would adequately reflect the Benetton’s commercial relationship with Rana Plaza but the Italian firm decided to double that.

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