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Alliance wants swift action

Alliance, the North American retailers’ group, says 23 factories in Bangladesh have failed to carry out the required remediation work on time. The group has threatened to cut business relations with the factories if they fail to make progress immediately. Alliance says the progress of remediation work in the units was 4 to 44 per cent and the structural safety in 11 factories was at severe risk. It says some of the factories have made progress in some areas but none has addressed high priority issues.

The factories want six months’ time to undertake the remediation work. Alliance says owners have not paid heed to repeated reminders and that they have already been given time ranging from seven to 13 months for corrective action.

After the Rana Plaza building collapse, which killed more than 1,100 people, mostly garment workers, in April 2013, North American retailers, including Walmart and Gap, formed the Alliance undertaking a five-year plan, which set timeliness and accountability for inspections, and training and workers’ empowerment programs.

Alliance started inspections in the garment factories in February 2014 and completed primary safety assessment of its listed factories of more than 600 in number in July that year.

www.bangladeshworkersafety.org/

 
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