In a welcomed move this week in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 41 people, including the owner of Rana Plaza, were indicted for murder for the death of over 1,100 workers. The collapse of Rana Plaza, which housed five garment factories, in April 2013 highlighted to the world the abysmal conditions that garment workers faced. While some improvements to the garment sector have occurred since 2013, the garment industry is still characterised by unsafe workplaces, inhumane working hours and days, poverty wages, and rampant repression of unions and labour activists.
In a welcomed move this week in Dhaka, Bangladesh, 41 people, including the owner of Rana Plaza, were indicted for murder for the death of over 1,100 workers. The collapse of Rana Plaza, which housed five garment factories, in April 2013 highlighted to the world the abysmal conditions that garment workers faced. While some improvements to the garment sector have occurred since 2013, the garment industry is still characterised by unsafe workplaces, inhumane working hours and days, poverty wages, and rampant repression of unions and labour activists.
