Monday marks the 10th anniversary of a catastrophe that spotlighted the global fashion industry's reliance on developing world labour working in dangerous and ...
The collapse of a factory building near Dhaka, Bangladesh, which killed at least 362 people, is almost certainly the worst accident in the history of the garment industry. It’s worse than the Triangle ...
An explosion at the factory Avangard in the city of Sterlitamak in the Republic of Bashkiria, Russia, on October 17 took the lives of three workers. At least six more were wounded. Five of the wounded ...
As the final death toll of the Bangladesh factory collapse reached 1,126 last week, a small section of the second floor of a shoe factory in Cambodia gave way. Two people died, but witnesses said it ...
Early Wednesday, a factory in Bangladesh collapsed, killing at least 96 people and injuring more than 1,000. A labor rights group official who has spent decades observing working conditions in Asia ...
The deadly disaster that claimed over 1,100 lives in April hasn’t dented the growth of Bangladesh’s garment exports industry. Data out today show that exports for the fiscal year ended in June were up ...
The disaster at Rana Plaza outside Dhaka was one of the world's worst industrial tragedies and highlighted the failure of many top Western fashion brands to protect ...
A set of explosions and a fire at a Chinese poultry factory killed at least 119 workers on Monday, amid reports that poor building conditions contributed to the high death toll. Local officials say ...
"Managers, factory owners and (the) building owner threatened that they won't pay them any salaries if they did not work," he said. Journalist Najmul Huda, who shot footage of cracks in the structure ...
Bangladeshi garment worker Sumi Akhter feared for her safety, but was told to start her shift or risk forfeiting her wages. An hour later she was pinned down under rubble and clinging to life. Akhter ...