Leading global fashion brands and trade unions agreed today continue a safety program involving thousands of garment factories in Bangladesh for another three years. Two Switzerland-based global trade unions IndustriALL Global Union and UNIGlobal Union and brand representatives announced the agreement in Paris. Another group of North American brands is working separately to improve safety conditions in Bangladesh. Following the collapse in 2013 of Rana Plaza, a complex housing five garment factories, global clothing companies joined the Bangladesh government in promising to improve safety standards. Since then, representatives from North American and European brands have visited the country's garment factories to suggest improvements or sever ties with factories that failed to improve.

Source: dna June 29, 2017 15:22 UTC