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Primark, Loblaw call on competitors to step up for Bangladesh garment workers
Rana Plaza compensation would cost retailers little
CBC News – 10/25/13
Bangladeshi garment workers shout slogans during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sept. 13. Hundreds of protesters participated in the demonstration demanding a minimum monthly salary of 8000 takas (C$109) and compensation for the victims and injured of the Rana Plaza building collapse. (A.M. Ahad/Associated Press)
A challenge has been made to garment retailers to compensate the workers of Bangladesh's former Rana Plaza who made their clothes.
Bangladesh garment workers staged widespread protests in September, demanding an increase in the minimum wage from $40 per month — one of the planet’s lowest — to $109. The protests forced at least 400 garment factories to close temporarily, according to the International Labor Rights Forum.
Video and more: CBC.ca.news
Source: http://soundofheart.org/galacticfreepress/content/primark-loblaw-call-competitors-step-bangladesh-garment-workers
