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International Action Day on April 11
10 Apr '06
2 min read
Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) aims to improve working conditions and support the empowerment of workers in the global garment and sports shoe industries announces to join its Bangladeshi partners in calling for an International Action Day for Workers Health & Safety in Bangladesh.
Q: Why an International Action Day on April 11, 2006?
A: April 11 is the one-year anniversary of the Spectrum-Shahriyar factory collapse in Bangladesh. On that date, hundreds of night-shift workers found themselves buried under the debris of an industrial unit.
Eventually 64 persons died and 74 were injured. The Spectrum-Shahriyar tragedy is no mere incident. Unsafe workplaces are the norm rather then the exception in Bangladesh. Although labor rights NGOs and trade unions both on a national and international level have since called for large-scale improvements of conditions in the industry in Bangladesh, hardly any action regarding general safety in the garment industry has been undertaken.
The accumulation of recent incidents in Bangladesh causing more deaths and injuries proves the urgency of the outstanding demand for immediate and structural safety measures.
The International Action Day is a day to push all factory owners in Bangladesh, all companies sourcing production in Bangladesh, industry associations and public authorities to take action on this demand. It is an action day in solidarity withthe garment workers in Bangladesh who want a safe and healthy workplace.
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Q: Why an International Action Day on April 11, 2006?
A: April 11 is the one-year anniversary of the Spectrum-Shahriyar factory collapse in Bangladesh. On that date, hundreds of night-shift workers found themselves buried under the debris of an industrial unit.
Eventually 64 persons died and 74 were injured. The Spectrum-Shahriyar tragedy is no mere incident. Unsafe workplaces are the norm rather then the exception in Bangladesh. Although labor rights NGOs and trade unions both on a national and international level have since called for large-scale improvements of conditions in the industry in Bangladesh, hardly any action regarding general safety in the garment industry has been undertaken.
The accumulation of recent incidents in Bangladesh causing more deaths and injuries proves the urgency of the outstanding demand for immediate and structural safety measures.
The International Action Day is a day to push all factory owners in Bangladesh, all companies sourcing production in Bangladesh, industry associations and public authorities to take action on this demand. It is an action day in solidarity withthe garment workers in Bangladesh who want a safe and healthy workplace.
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