US see important progress in garment sector
25 April 2014
BSS, Dhaka :
The US government has acknowledged the significant progress that has been achieved through coordinated efforts by the government to protect worker rights and ensure workplace safety and standards since the Rana Plaza tragic accident a year ago.
"In the last year, the government of Bangladesh has made progress in some important respects," a joint statement, issued late Wednesday (Bangladesh time) by the Department of State, the Office of the US Trade Representative, the US Agency for International Development and the Department of Labor, said.
The statement was issued to mark the one-year anniversary of the building collapse at Rana Plaza in Savar that claimed over 1,100 lives and injured thousands more.
The statement cited that Bangladesh had allowed over 140 unions to register, permitted re- registration of a leading labour rights non- governmental organisation that had been stripped of its registration, agreed to an ambitious plan for safety inspections and factory-level monitoring and remediation across the garment sector in collaboration with the International Labor Organization (ILO).
