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Five Years After Factory Collapse in Bangladesh, Safety Programs Are Expiring
A human rights center says more needs to be done to protect the women who sew name-brand clothing.
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Life is safer for many workers in Bangladesh five years after the horrific Rana Plaza apparel factory collapse, which killed 1,134 people, mostly young women. But the two main safety programs organized by foreign companies don’t cover thousands of factories run by subcontractors, and one of the programs is set to expire by the end of 2018.
Those are the main findings of a report by the Center for Business and Human Rights at New York University’s Stern School of Business. The report calls for an international task force, led by Bangladeshis and funded by the brands and retailers that profit from Bangladeshi apparel, to make all of the country’s factories safer.