Abuse 'still commonplace': 10 years after the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh
The fight for safe conditions and fair wages in Bangladesh has not yet been won, activists warn on the 10th anniversary of India's deadliest disaster garment industry history.
On April 24, 2013, 1,134 people were killed and at least 2,000 others injured in the collapse of a building in factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where clothes were made for international brands such as Primark, Bonmarché and the Canadian Loblaw.
The owner of the Rana Plaza building remains in jail, but the murder trial against him and others, including factory owners and officials locals, continues to drag on nearly seven years since the charges were brought, with no one yet convicted.
Activists say workers in Bangladesh , which is the world's second-largest garment exporter behind China, are still underpaid and may be harassed for being part of a union, while factory owners face cutting-edge practices from brands such as delaying payments, canceling or drastically reducing orders without notice.
Paul Nowak, the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress in the UK, said: "Ten years after the death of more than a thousand workers in the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory, violations of workers' rights are still rampant in Bangladesh and many are still working in dangerous conditions.
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Moushumi Begum, who spent three hours stuck under the eight-story Rana Plaza, said: "Everything is "It happened so quickly. I remember every detail of that day very well, even though it was 10 years ago."
After the building collapsed , Begum spent the next three hours fighting for his life. "Every second of those hours, I stood there praying to Allah. It was dark all around me and I couldn't tell if I was dead or alive,” she said on a sunny afternoon in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, while cradling her baby. /p>
"I could hear people screaming for help. But I had gathered so much dust that every time I tried to open my mouth, no sound was coming out,” she added. .
The fight for safe conditions and fair wages in Bangladesh has not yet been won, activists warn on the 10th anniversary of India's deadliest disaster garment industry history.
On April 24, 2013, 1,134 people were killed and at least 2,000 others injured in the collapse of a building in factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, where clothes were made for international brands such as Primark, Bonmarché and the Canadian Loblaw.
The owner of the Rana Plaza building remains in jail, but the murder trial against him and others, including factory owners and officials locals, continues to drag on nearly seven years since the charges were brought, with no one yet convicted.
Activists say workers in Bangladesh , which is the world's second-largest garment exporter behind China, are still underpaid and may be harassed for being part of a union, while factory owners face cutting-edge practices from brands such as delaying payments, canceling or drastically reducing orders without notice.
Paul Nowak, the General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress in the UK, said: "Ten years after the death of more than a thousand workers in the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory, violations of workers' rights are still rampant in Bangladesh and many are still working in dangerous conditions.
< p class ="dcr-n6w1lc">“Relentless union campaigns have secured important safety protections for workers at the plant. But many workers outside the factory do not enjoy the same protections. » .dotcomrendering.pageElements.ImageBlockElement" class=" dcr-173mewl">Moushumi Begum, who spent three hours stuck under the eight-story Rana Plaza, said: "Everything is "It happened so quickly. I remember every detail of that day very well, even though it was 10 years ago."
After the building collapsed , Begum spent the next three hours fighting for his life. "Every second of those hours, I stood there praying to Allah. It was dark all around me and I couldn't tell if I was dead or alive,” she said on a sunny afternoon in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, while cradling her baby. /p>
"I could hear people screaming for help. But I had gathered so much dust that every time I tried to open my mouth, no sound was coming out,” she added. .
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