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Article

2 Aug 2013

Author:
Sarah Butler, Mail & Guardian (So. Africa)

Retailers roped in to help ensure factory worker safety

Workers rights groups are calling on retailers to use a legally binding deal to improve safety for clothes factory workers in Bangladesh as a blueprint for tackling similar problems elsewhere. IndustriALL, the international union group that is backing the deal between textile workers and more than 70 retailers to tackle fire safety and building security in Bangladesh, said it had already begun work to build a similar agreement in Pakistan. It comes amid evidence that workers in Pakistan and China face greater workplace risks than those in Bangladesh. [refers to Primark, Marks & Spencer, H&M]