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‘শহীদুল ইসলাম হত্যার প্রতিক্রিয়ায় WRC’র বিবৃতি’
Published: June 28, 2023
আন্তর্জাতিক শ্রমিক অধিকার সম্প্রদায়ের সাথে একাত্ম হয়ে ‘শ্রমিক অধিকার সংঘ’ (Worker Rights Consortium, WRC) বাংলাদেশ গার্মেন্টস ইন্ডাস্ট্রিস ওয়ার্কার্স ফেডারেশনের (BGIWF) নেতা, শ্রমিক আন্দোলনের দীর্ঘদিনের বন্ধু শহীদুল ইসলামের নৃশংস হত্যায় শোক ও নিন্দা জ্ঞাপন করছে। তাঁর স্ত্রী ও ছেলেমেয়ে এবং বাংলাদেশের ট্রেড ইউনিয়ন আন্দোলনের বন্ধুদের মতো আমরাও এই মর্মান্তিক ঘটনায় শোকাহত ও সমব্যাথী; তাঁদের প্রতিও আমরা…
Niagara Textiles
Published: June 15, 2023
The WRC investigated and, with the assistance of New Wave Group and university licensee Cutter & Buck, secured corrective actions to address two vehicular accidents involving factory workers in 2021 (a crash of a company-provided bus while transporting workers to the factory) and 2022 (a truck accident on the factory premises), which resulted in the death…
New WRC Report: Reinstatement, Back Pay, and Safety Improvements at Collegiate Supplier
Published: June 15, 2023
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Manodeep Guha and Ben Hensler Date: June 15, 2023 Re: Reinstatement, Back Pay, and Safety Improvements at Collegiate Supplier The WRC investigated and, with the assistance of New Wave Group and Cutter & Buck, secured corrective actions to address two vehicular accidents involving factory workers in 2021 (a crash…
The Lesson of Rana Plaza: Corporate Self-Regulation Is a Formula for Disaster
Published: April 21, 2023
The Rana Plaza factory collapse killed 1,138 workers, more than any other manufacturing disaster in human history. These deaths, and the injuries to 2,500 others on April 24, 2013, were the culmination of more than a decade of mass fatality incidents in Bangladesh’s garment industry—most of them in factories producing for leading fashion brands and…
A Decade After the Rana Plaza Collapse, Garment Workers Are Still Exploited
Published: April 19, 2023
10 Years since Rana Plaza, the Accord has some bold expansion plans
Published: March 28, 2023
Uni Gears Ltd.
Published: December 16, 2022
Uni Gears Ltd. in Gazipur, Bangladesh, a supplier to Outerstuff employing over 1,000 workers, made significant reductions to its workforce beginning in May 2020. Workers testified to the WRC that they were forced to resign under threat of violence; in Bangladesh, workers who resign are entitled to considerably less terminal compensation than those who are…
Code Compliance Successes in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia
Published: December 16, 2022
To: WRC Affiliate Universities and Colleges From: Jessica Champagne and Scott Nova Date: December 16, 2022 Re: Code Compliance Successes in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, India, and Cambodia As we near the end of 2022, we write to provide brief updates on four cases that were resolved this year. In each case, the WRC documented violations of…
What Does the World Cup Have to Do With Garment Workers? Plenty.
Published: November 30, 2022
WRC Statement in Response to Murder of Shahidul Islam
Published: June 28, 2023
The WRC stands with the international labor rights community in mourning and condemning the devastating murder of longstanding union leader, Shahidul Islam of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation (BGIWF). Our thoughts are with his wife and sons, and the union movement in Bangladesh that he tirelessly dedicated 25 years of his life to…