North American labor rights groups welcomed a landmark agreement, announced, to deliver an estimated $40 million in compensation to the families of those killed in the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh and called on Walmart, ...
Tags: Rana Plaza, Labor Rights Groups
The European Union Ambassador to Bangladesh William Hanna handed certificates to a group of the total 8000 apprentices across Bangladesh who recently completed skilled apprenticeships. Just three years ago, there were only 98 apprentices ...
Tags: Skill Apprentices
Improving working conditions in Bangladesh's ready-made garment (RMG) industry is crucial for achieving sustainable growth in the country, says a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic outcomes, ...
Tags: Sustainable Growth, Bangladesh, RMG
It seems that the status quo in the Bangladeshi textile industry hasn't changed that much. However, the increasing pressure from some international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) through social media and newspapers has caused some ...
Tags: Rupp Report, Bangladesh
Inspections of all export-oriented Ready Made Garment (RMG) and knitwear factory buildings in Bangladesh will start from 22 November 2013. Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) will assess the factory buildings that ...
Tags: Garment Factory, Apparel
Improving working conditions in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment (RMG) industry is crucial for achieving sustainable growth in the country, says a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic ...
Tags: ILO Report, Apparel
The International Labour Organization (ILO) will launch a new report Bangladesh: Seeking better employment conditions for better socioeconomic outcomes on Monday 18 November. The report analyses the country’s economic growth driven ...
Opening the conference “Bangladesh 2013: The Rising Demand for Labour Standards”, ILO Deputy Director General Gilbert Houngbo called for faster implementation of the new labour law to protect workers after the Rana Plaza ...
Tags: Labour Law, ILO
Sharing experience for the promotion of green jobs can play a key role in helping countries to advance towards a greener and a more sustainable future. This is the aim of the ILO Solution Forum that’s taking place this week in ...
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Six months on from the Rana Plaza building collapse, the ILO is helping survivors develop new skills and find jobs. Minu Aktar had been working in Phantom Apparels on the fourth floor of Rana Plaza for four and a half years. She still ...
Tags: ILO Program, Rana Plaza
The International Labour Organization (ILO) and the Government of Bangladesh will launch a new programme to improve working conditions in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector in Bangladesh, on Tuesday 22 October in Dhaka. The ...
Tags: garment sector, ILO
People from rural Gazipur and remote North Bengal, Bangladesh’s poorest region, are now being employed in the readymade garments sector after completing a 3-month skills training programme. The project is a partnership between East ...
Around 87 EU retailers, who are signatories to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, would start inspecting the garment units from November this year. A delegation of the EU Accord visited Dhaka this week and shared its ...
Tags: EU Retailers, Garment
The adoption of common safety standards in Bangladesh’s ready-made garment factories has come a step closer, following a meeting of national tripartite partners, the Alliance and Accord and other key stakeholders in the industry. ...
Tags: Bangla Garment, Safety Standards
Experts from the UK will fly to Bangladesh this weekend to help the country address the urgent need for improving safety and building standards in the country’s garment sector, UK Secretary of State for International Development ...
Tags: Avert Future, Apparel