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Latest Bangladesh Accidents In The News
Bangladesh Garment Factories Re-Open
Dhaka, bangladesh
Bangladesh has re-opened hundreds of garment factories, just days after closing them. The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association called for the re-openings Friday. The closings this week were prompted by worker protests over low pay and poor working conditions sparked by the country's worst industrial accident. In response to workers' demands, the Bangladeshi government has ... |
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May 17, 2013 02:36am
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Shoppers threaten boycott of retailers - The Canberra Times
Canberra, australia
The Canberra Times - Some of Australia's biggest retailers are facing threats of a consumer boycott after failing to sign an international agreement to improve fire safety and working conditions in Bangladesh, following the country's worst industrial accident. Woolworths ... |
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May 16, 2013 8:51pm
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3 Die in Cambodia Factory Collapse - Wall Street Journal
cambodia
Wall Street Journal - The Cambodian accident, while much smaller than other recent disasters, nevertheless fits a pattern of dangerous work conditions in Asian garment factories. Like Bangladesh, Cambodia has seen rapid growth in its garment industry in recent years as ... |
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May 16, 2013 7:13pm
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Cambodian Shoe Factory Accident Kills 2, Injures 7 - TIME
italy
TIME - The accident comes about three weeks after a building collapse in Bangladesh that killed 1,127 people in the global garment industry's deadliest disaster. Bangladesh is the third-biggest exporter of clothes in the world, after China and Italy. 'This ... |
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May 16, 2013 05:44am
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Bangladesh garment hub to reopen after unrest
bangladesh
Bangladesh garment manufacturers said Thursday they would reopen hundreds of factories in a manufacturing hub outside the capital, days after they shut the plants due to worker unrest following a deadly accident. |
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May 16, 2013 02:34am
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After Bangladesh, Seeking New Sources - New York Times
cambodia
New York Times - The relentless search for new locations has taken on more urgency after the deadliest industrial accident in the global garment industry's history, a multistory factory collapse in Bangladesh that left 1,127 people dead. Buying from Bangladesh, said Mr ... |
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May 16, 2013 00:25am
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As some retailers back Bangladesh accord, US group lashes out - Reuters
Bangkok, thailand
Reuters - Efforts to work on safety improvements in thousands of garment factories come after more than 1,200 workers have died in the past six months in industrial accidents in Bangladesh. The collapse last month of the eight-story Rana Plaza building, which ... - Bangkok Post - Wall Street Journal - NASDAQ |
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May 15, 2013 7:03pm
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