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April 24th marks two years since the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, the deadliest disaster ever in the global garment industry. 1,134 people were killed and thousands more left seriously injured. "This is not about boycotting certain brands or consumer guilt.
24 April marks two years since the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, the deadliest disaster ever in the global garment industry. A total of 1,134 people were killed and thousands more left seriously injured. Rana Plaza was an eight-storey building housing five garment factories.
Photos by Heather Stilwell The phrase "sweatshop labor" conjures up images of factory settings in faraway lands with row upon row of machines operated by young women, all working long hours for poverty pay to earn profits in the millions for the Western garment and shoe companies they stitch for ...
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The recent events in Bangladesh have filled the media with horrific pictures of human tragedy: mothers mourning their lost children, rescue workers covered in dust unearthing more bodies, death and grief mounting under piles of rubble and boxes of unworn clothes.
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Behind the glamour of London Fashion Week and the aspirational images in glossy magazines is the reality of the global fashion industry: a grim picture of women living in abject poverty, struggling to survive whilst making the clothes sold on UK high streets for major fashion brands.
The phrase 'sweatshop labour' conjurs up images of factory settings in far away lands with row upon row of machines operated by young women, all working long hours for poverty pay to earn profits in the millions for the western garment and shoe companies they stitch for.
Three years ago this week the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, came crashing down in what remains the worst industrial accident in the global garment industry. Over 1,134 people were killed and thousands more left seriously injured.