RANA PLAZA BUILDING
COLLAPSE, Dhaka, Bangladesh
April 24, 2013
1,127 Killed,
Thousands injured
Death Toll in Garment Factory
Disasters Since 2010
Year
2010
2010
2012
2012
2013
2013
2013
Factory
Gharib & Gharib
Hameem/TIS
Ali Enterprises
Tazreen Fashions
Smart Export
Rana Plaza
Tung Hai
Brand
H&M
Gap, Target, VF, PVH, others
KiK
Walmart, Sears, ECI, others
Inditex/Zara
Benetton, WM, JC Penney, others
Primark
Total Deaths:
Courtesy of Worker Rights Consortium
Deaths
21
29
262
112
8
1,127
8
1,601
What can I do?...
1) CONTACT THE BRANDS
• Post to their Facebook page
• Tweet your concerns
• Call or write to the company
• Ask to speak with a manager at your favorite store
 Let them know that they helped create the problem and should take
responsibility for fixing it—and that workers producing our garments should
have a say in their factories.
2) CALL OR CONTACT YOUR REPRESENTATIVE
 Ask them to pressure the government of Bangladesh to protect its workers
and enforce its labor laws
What can I do? (cont.)
3) BUY FROM COMPANIES THAT HAVE SIGNED THE FIRE AND
SAFETY AGREEMENT
 Let them know that you did, why you did it and that they
should hold up their end of the agreement.
For a full list of signatory companies, please see:
http://www.industriall-union.org/