[ALOCHONA] Breaking News: Landmark Bangladesh Fire Safety Agreement

Goodnews but more needs to be done for worker safety in garment factories! Please do your part and sign the petition!

 

From: Danny Postel
Sent: Mar 22, 2012 7:48 AM
To: Subject: Breaking News: Landmark Bangladesh Fire Safety Agreement

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From: Liana Foxvog, International Labor Rights Forum <laborrights@ilrf.org>
Date: Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 5:42 PM
Subject: Breaking News: Landmark Bangladesh Fire Safety Agreement
To: dannypostel@gmail.com

SIGN THE PETITION Lovely, already a garment worker when she was just 11 years old, survived the fire at the KTS factory, just barely. Click here to read our interview with her. Photo by ILRF. Upcoming events: Democracy and an Economy for All: Protests and Strategies for Change Join ILRF at our Spring Forum in DC on May 1st, International Workers' Day! Click here for the details and to register for the event.

Dear Danny,

Following a series of garment factory fires and building collapses in Bangladesh that have claimed the lives of hundreds of workers in recent years, ILRF and other labor groups have urged apparel brands that have their clothes sewn in Bangladesh to ensure a safe workplace.

Today, PVH Corp — one of the largest global apparel companies, whose brands include Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Van Heusen, IZOD, ARROW and Bass — has agreed to a  landmark fire and building safety agreement with ILRF, Clean Clothes Campaign, Worker Rights Consortium, Maquila Solidarity Network, the International Textile, Garments and Leather Workers Federation, and seven Bangladeshi trade unions and NGOs.

To learn more about this breaking news, tune into ABC tonight for the Investigative Unit's full report on "World News With Diane Sawyer" at 6:30pm ET and on "Nightline" at 11:35pm ET.

Now is the time for other brands and retailers to join with PVH to begin to transform the apparel industry in Bangladesh from the most dangerous in the world for workers to an industry that is safe. The new program allows for independent building inspections, public inspections reports, worker rights and safety training with trade union participation, and a long-overdue review of safety standards. It is transparent as well as practical, and unique in being supported by all key labor stakeholders in Bangladesh and internationally. But without the participation of more brands and retailers the program cannot be implemented.

Please sign our petition calling on other major apparel companies to do their part for the safety of garment workers in Bangladesh!

Thanks in advance for taking action,

Liana Foxvog
National Organizer
International Labor Rights Forum

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