Beyond Bangladesh - saving lives in the garment industry

This article from the OECD is relevant to students who have chosen Bangladesh as one of their chosen developing countries for more detailed A-level study.

The collapse of the Rana Plaza textile factory caused the death of over 1,000 textile workers and prompted a new agreement between trade unions and transnational garnet manufacturers to improve basic working conditions and reduce the risk of serious injury and death from fire. More progress needs to be made but this seems to have been a landmark agreement. Bangladesh receives preferential trade tariffs when selling their products into the European Single Market.