Rana Plaza: A Decade Later, Has the Fashion Industry Improved?
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Ten years after the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, which killed over 1,000 workers, the garment industry in the country is safer, but there is still much work to be done. While the Accord on Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety has made factories demonstrably safer, two million workers remain in factories untouched by the agreement. The power dynamic between western companies and the garment sector in Bangladesh remains deeply unbalanced, and workers are not free to exercise their union rights. The industry still lacks living wages, and wage stagnation and inflation have put pressure on workers and their families.
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