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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.
August 8, 2016 Dispatches

Double Thumbs Down, Gap Inc.

Ad Campaign Peddles Gender Stereotypes

The sign for a Gap store is seen on 5th avenue in midtown Manhattan in New York June 16, 2015.
May 30, 2016 News Release

Make Rules on Rights Binding for Businesses

ILO Should Create Treaty to Protect Workers

A garment worker sews clothing in a building near the site of the Rana Plaza building collapse.
May 2, 2016 Commentary

In Flawed Union Law, Hope Remains for Greater Transparency

Cambodia
May 2, 2016 Commentary

EU Should Call out Bangladesh on Workers' Rights

Fatema holds a picture of her son Nurul Karim, one year after both he and her daughter Arifa died in the April 24, 2013 Rana Plaza collapse.
April 21, 2016 News Release

Bangladesh: Garment Workers’ Union Rights Bleak

Ease Rigid Union Laws, Punish Union-Busting

Fatema holds a picture of her son Nurul Karim, one year after both he and her daughter Arifa died in the April 24, 2013 Rana Plaza collapse.
March 8, 2016 Commentary

This is How Women are Exploited in Today’s Global Workforce

An activist from the Worker Information Center, a local nongovernmental organization, sporting a t-shirt as part of a campaign to raise awareness about garment workers’ wages in Cambodia.

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