Bangladesh garment workers took to the streets today in the Ashulia industrial zone outside of the capital Dhaka, protesting the second-lowest wages in Asia, after another demonstration yesterday left at least two dead. Hundreds of workers demanded a higher monthly …
Gap Inc. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. are among U.S. retailers finalizing an agreement to establish a $50 million, five-year fund to improve safety conditions in Bangladesh garment factories, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing a person familiar with the matter. …
A trans-Atlantic divide between European and U.S. retailers over how best to respond to fatal disasters in Bangladesh textile factories split wide open on Wednesday, with U.S. retailers claiming their European counterparts are giving labor unions too much control over …
North American retailers on Tuesday discussed forging their own Bangladesh safety agreement–an alternative to a legally binding accord that many European retailers have signed on to–though details of any alternative accord were still unclear. The discussions Tuesday were the latest …
