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- Factory collapse in Bangladesh kills seven and injures dozens more Sat, 14 Mar 15, 3:36amThe collapse of a cement factory in Bangladesh has killed at least five people and may have trapped as many as 100 people, according to local police. Reuters reports that that factory, run by a subsidiary of the Bangladesh...
- Workers at Tesla Plant Burned with Molten Metal Fri, 15 Nov 13, 5:00amThe Tesla Model S may be one of the safest cars on the road, but its California assembly plant is another story. Three workers at the factory were burned on Wednesday when a low-pressure casting press spilled liquid aluminum....
- Fashion Companies Refuse To Compensate Victims Of Bangladesh Factory Collapse Sun, 13 Oct 13, 6:30amThe mainstream media may have forgotten about the Rana Plaza disaster, which killed 1,127, and injured or maimed scores of others, but those working for workers rights have not...
- Paramilitary Troops Squash Garment Worker Protests In Bangladesh Sun, 29 Sep 13, 3:30amFive months after the Rana Plaza factory complex collapsed, killing 1,129 people, and drawing attention to unsafe working conditions that permeate the international fashion industry, Bangladeshi garment workers took to the...
- Sweatshop Protesters Slam Gap, Walmart’s Bangladesh Safety Plan as a “Sham” Sun, 14 Jul 13, 5:22amIn the wake of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh, which claimed the lives of 1,129 garment workers, many clothing retailers—including H&M and Zara signed the Accord on Fire & Building Safety in Bangladesh...
- 15 Apparel Brands Who Have Not Signed the Bangladesh Safety Accord Sun, 2 Jun 13, 2:42amFollowing the deaths of 1,127 garment workers in the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh on April 24, more than 40 of the world's leading apparel brands have signed the Accord on Fire & Building Safety in Bangladesh...
- Walmart and Gap Still Refuse to Sign Bangladesh Workers’ Safety Accord Sun, 26 May 13, 5:07amIn the weeks following the horrific Rana Plaza building collapse that killed 1,127 workers -- one of the worst tragedies in the history of the garment industry -- more than 30 of the world's leading apparel companies signed...
- Cambodian Shoe Factory Collapse Kills Two Workers Sun, 19 May 13, 2:29amThe ceiling of a shoe factory in Cambodia that makes Asics athletic shoes collapsed on Thursday, killing two workers and injuring at least a dozen. The tragedy, which took place less than a month after a clothing factory...
- More than 1 Million People Sign Petitions Calling on Bangladesh to Improve Safety Sun, 12 May 13, 6:10amAs the death toll Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh surpasses 1,100, people around the world are calling on the fashion industry to prevent a similar tragedy from occurring More than 1 million people have signed...
- USDA Whistleblowers Warn of Chemical Hazards in Poultry Plants Sat, 27 Apr 13, 3:00amRecently, states such as New York, Montana, North Dakota, Kansas, Iowa and Missouri have passed laws that seek to outlaw or limit undercover farm investigations that have been dubbed "ag-gag bills" by activists...