Bangladesh: Rana Plaza ten years later, the appeal to a “dirty dozen” of brands that do not sign the agreement for workers’ safety
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ROME (DIRE agency) – “All brands, including European and Italian, must sign the agreement for job security in Bangladesh, extended last year to Pakistan”: this is the appeal shared with theDire Agency by Deborah Lucchetti, by Clean clothes campaign (Clean Clothes Campaign), on the 10th anniversary of the collapse of Rana Plaza in which at least 1,138 people were killed. The wounded extracted from the rubble numbered over 2,500. “A huge tragedy”, recalls Lucchetti, “a manslaughter in fact of workers that could have been avoided if only the preventive safety measures had been adopted by whoever was responsible for them”.
The “Rana Plaza No More” conference. Of the duty to sign the international agreement, the activist said in recent days, on the occasion of a conference promoted by the CGIL, CISL and UIL trade unions in Rome, with the title Never again Rana Plaza. “We need to ensure that the progress made in recent years is maintained, strengthened and extended.” Clean clothes campaign promoted together with the American organization Remake a petition managed by the Eko platform and addressed to the so-called “dirty dozen“, brands such as Levi’s, Ikea and Amazon, accused of not signing the agreement for the safety of workers in Bangladesh.
Half of the survivors are unemployed. According to a study published by the NGO ActionAid, based on interviews with 200 survivors of the collapse, today more than half of them are unemployed. According to the research, one in five people said they were unable to find suitable employment due to breathing problems, hand or leg injuries, walking difficulties or eye problems. The Rana Plaza was an eight story building built in 2006 and owned by Sohel Rana. The building housed factories and textile productions that employed about 5,000 workers, as well as shops and a bank. Brands sourcing clothes included Benetton, Bonmarché, Prada, Gucci, Versace, Moncler, Zara, the Children’s Place, El Corte Inglés, Joe Fresh, Mango, Matalan, Primark and Walmart.
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