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April 27, 2018 Dispatches

Mangoes and Workers’ Health and Safety Rights

How Unions Help Workers Worldwide

Garment workers take part in a May Day demonstration in Phnom Penh, Cambodia May 1, 2017.

April 24, 2018 Dispatches

Remember Rana Plaza

Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Still Need Better Protection

Relatives of victims killed in Rana Plaza building collapse in 2013, mourn at the site during the fourth anniversary of the collapse in Savar, on the outskirt of Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain

April 24, 2018 Commentary

The April 24 Ritual – Rana Plaza’s Unfinished Legacy

February 14, 2018 Letter

Submission to the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights concerning Bangladesh

63rd plenary session

December 11, 2017 Commentary

Tackling Sexual Harassment in the Garment Industry

October 31, 2017 Commentary

KiK Fails to Turn a New Page on Ethical Business

A garment worker sews clothing in a building near the site of the Rana Plaza building collapse.

September 21, 2017 Dispatches

Bangladesh Textile Mill Burns, Yet Again

Government Should Publish Reports on Factories it Inspects

In September 2016, another factory burned in the same district. Here, firefighters stand at the site of a fire at a packaging factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 10, 2016.

May 11, 2017 Commentary

Bangladesh Accord: New phase should protect unions

April 27, 2017 Dispatches

Hope for Garment Workers with European Parliament’s Vote

An employee works in a factory of Babylon Garments in Dhaka January 3, 2014.

April 27, 2017 Letter

Joint Letter to the European Commission: High Time to Impose Transparency in the Garment Supply Chain

April 24, 2017 Dispatches

A Message to Global Brands from a Rana Plaza Survivor

Companies Pressed to Provide More Information About Suppliers

April 20, 2017 News Release

More Brands Should Reveal Where Their Clothes are Made

17 Align with Transparency Pledge; Others Should Catch Up

Illustration of a dress,thread, and needle around a lightbulb.

February 15, 2017 News Release

Bangladesh: Stop Persecuting Unions, Garment Workers

Brands Should Make Binding Commitments to Protect Freedom of Association

Bangladesh police stand guard in front of garment factories in Ashulia on December 26, 2016, when factories re-opened after a five-day shut down in response to garment workers’ wage strikes.

October 24, 2016 Commentary

The Secret Underbelly of the Cambodian Garment Industry

Women in the sewing division of a factory in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. Women constitute about 90 percent of the workforce in Cambodia’s garment industry.

September 14, 2016 Dispatches

Fatal Factory Fire in Bangladesh is Déjà Vu

Tampaco Disaster Should Fuel Concerns Over Poor Inspections

People look at a fire at a food and cigarette packaging factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 10, 2016.

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