Solidarity Center Report: Rana Plaza anniversary sees Bangladesh backsliding on garment factory safety

Six years after the deadly April 24, 2013, Rana Plaza building collapse killed 1,134 garment workers and injured hundreds more, the government is on the verge of rolling back international safety inspections even as employers and the government are blocking workers’ ability to exercise their right to form unions to improve working conditions. “Our managers make us tell the foreigners [safety inspectors] we don’t work until 10 p.m., that we receive our wages regularly and we even receive our doctor’s fees," says Konika, a garment worker. "None of this is true.” Read more at the Solidarity Center.

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