- Wednesday, April 24, 2024
By: Eastern Eye Staff
Major brands from Aldi to Zara agreed on Thursday (29) to improve conditions for up to 2 million Bangladeshi garment workers, four years after a factory collapse in Dhaka killed more than 1,000 people making cheap clothes for export. Cut-price fashion giant Primark, H&M, Lidl and umbrella brand Inditex, which owns Zara and Massimo Dutti, are among the 13 retailers that extended a raft of existing standards and agreed on new terms. The accord covers more than 1,000 factories in Bangladesh and will run for three years from May 2018. More companies are expected to sign over coming weeks in a deal covering up to 2 million garment workers. The agreement adds protections for workers who lobby for safer working…
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