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23 Feb 2017

H&M, Inditex, C&A, Next and Tchibo pull out of Bangladesh garment Summit

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As Reuters reports (22 February 2017): 

'Five global high street fashion brands have pulled out of a major garment industry event in Bangladesh due to concerns over a crackdown on unions demanding better pay in textile factories, campaigners said on Wednesday.

The retailers - H&M, Inditex, C&A, Next and Tchibo - who all source clothes from Bangladeshi factories, were expected to attend the Dhaka Apparel Summit which is due to be attended by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Feb. 25.

The Clean Clothes Campaign said the brands' "unprecedented" decision to pull out of the event was a "major embarrassment" for the government and Bangladeshi Garment Manufacturers Export Association.'

Read Clean Clothes Campaign's statement.

And more on the current situation for workers in Bangladesh.