Two weeks after a murderous fire killed at least 72 workers at the Kentex footwear factory, workers and families are still looking for justice and answers. While poor OHS and fire prevention systems are seen as the cause of the high death toll, the problem is not isolated to this one factory. Labour activists are accusing the government of overseeing a system of lax regulations and of rampant subcontracting that allows responsibility to be evaded at all levels. A global day of action for justice and against the global Race to the Bottom that makes workers lives expandable has been called for the 13th of June.
Two weeks after a murderous fire killed at least 72 workers at the Kentex footwear factory, workers and families are still looking for justice and answers. While poor OHS and fire prevention systems are seen as the cause of the high death toll, the problem is not isolated to this one factory. Labour activists are accusing the government of overseeing a system of lax regulations and of rampant subcontracting that allows responsibility to be evaded at all levels. A global day of action for justice and against the global Race to the Bottom that makes workers lives expandable has been called for the 13th of June.
