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Response to High Court hearing on the Bangladesh Accord

Dec 10, 2018 —

Photo: CCC

On November 29, the Bangladesh High Court conducted a hearing following the appeal filed by the Bangladesh Accord against the restraining order on its Bangladesh operations. The restraining order was due to take effect today. A new hearing by the High Court was subsequently re-scheduled twice and will now take place on December 17, and the restraining order has been lifted until that date. The hearings have taken place amidst mounting international pressure and calls from the international community for the permanent removal of the order.

Bangladesh Government Attempts to Paralyze Accord and Strip Its Independence

Dec 10, 2018 —

Author: Industriall, UNI, CCC, ILRF, MSN, WRC

The Bangladesh government is using proceedings before the Supreme Court of Bangladesh to prevent the Accord on Fire and Building Safety from operating, thereby putting workers’ safety at risk.

Still waiting for Canada to take effective action on corporate abuses abroad

Dec 6, 2018 —

Photo: CNCA

The appointment of the highly anticipated Canadian Ombudsperson for Responsible Enterprise (CORE) is expected by year’s end, as civil society pressure mounts to ensure that Canada lives up to its promise to hold Canadian companies in the mining, oil and gas, and garment sectors accountable for their human rights abuses abroad.

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Precedent setting Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh in jeopardy

Nov 20, 2018 —

Photo: Kristof Vadino

On November 30, a restraining order placed on the Transition Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh is set to come into effect pending the outcome of an appeal submitted by the Accord last week. If the Bangladeshi High Court does not grant the appeal, the groundbreaking multi-stakeholder factory inspection body will have to leave Bangladesh.

Bangladesh’s newly declared minimum wage ignores workers’ demands

Sep 26, 2018 —

Photo: Clean Clothes Campaign

On September 13, after several months of delays, the government-appointed Bangladesh Minimum Wage Board finally announced the new monthly minimum wage of 8,000 taka (US$95), an increase of only 2700 taka (US$32) from the previous amount, which has remained the same since 2013.

Brands urged to support a living wage for Bangladeshi garment workers

Aug 28, 2018 —

Public rally in support of the 16,000 taka minimum wage demand (Photo: Taslima Akhter)

Inditex (owner of Zara) has become the first major apparel brand to respond positively to a joint request from the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC), International Labor Rights Forum, and Maquila Solidarity Network (MSN) to publicly support Bangladeshi garment workers’ demands for a significant increase in the country’s minimum wage.

Rintex fires workers who were attempting to organize

Aug 9, 2018 —

Senior management at Rintex, a garment factory in Mexico’s State of Morelos, are reportedly blaming workers that attempted to organize for better working conditions for the decision of its major buyer, Gap Inc., to end its business relationship with the factory.

Workers subjected to violence, death threats and firings win reinstatement

Jul 25, 2018 —

Photo: WRC

Fifteen workers who were subjected to beatings, death threats and firings for attempting to form a union at a Shahi Exports garment factory in Bangalore, India have won reinstatement and an apology from their employer.

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Charges dropped against Cambodian worker rights advocate

Jul 24, 2018 —

Photo: ILRF

A Municipal Court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia has dropped all charges against well-known worker rights advocate Moeun Tola. Tola is the Executive Director of the Centre for the Alliance of Human and Labour Rights (CENTRAL). This decision comes after a six-month long legal process and persistent national and international pressure.

Unions in Bangladesh demand a decent minimum wage increase

Jul 19, 2018 —

Photo: Clean Clothes Campaign

Bangladeshi unions representing workers in the country’s garment export manufacturing sector are demanding an increase in the minimum wage for garment workers to 16,000 taka (US$191) per month.

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