In the aftermath of the Rana Plaza factory fire in Bangladesh, the deadliest industrial disaster since the Bhopal explosion in 1984, dozens of multinational clothing companies have signed on to a new Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh. This agreement was initiated by a number of unions and […]
Daily Archives: May 19, 2013
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Events of the last week have shown that while the catastrophic collapse of the Rana Plaza in Bangladesh gained the world’s headlines, workers are routinely killed at their workplaces due to neglect, cost cutting and sub standard regulations. These are not isolated events but part of an economic system that […]
Last week the sixth meeting of the Rotterdam Convention, an international body that regulates hazardous substances, concluded without recommending that chrysotile asbestos be listed as a hazardous substance. This failure has outraged survivors of asbestos disease, community groups and unions around the world as it flies in the face of […]
We’ve recently reported on the struggle of workers at Hyundai Motor division for the right of permanent employment and a stop to sub-contracting measures. The same issue has been tragically highlighted in another one of Hyundai’s divisions. In Dangjin, South Chungcheong province, five workers were killed because of oxygen deprivation […]
Last year we reported on the shooting of protesting garment workers at KaoWay in Cambodia, a factory that manufactures shoes for German company Puma. The District Governor, Chhouk Bandith, shot three workers during a protest for wage increases of 50 cents per day. Despite numerous court appearances and overwhelming evidence, […]
In a case that has highlighted Indonesia’s poor enforcement of labour laws, 34 young workers were recently discovered being forced to work as slaves at a waste-recycling factory in Sepatan Timur in Tangerang, west of Jakarta. The case also highlighted the apparent involvement of police and military personnel in helping […]