ILRF Urges Brands to Join Bangladesh Safety Accord

During the past eight months, 112 workers were killed in the Tazreen fire and then another 1,127 were killed in the Rana Plaza building collapse. And yet most US companies are refusing to pay compensation to the people who sewed their clothing in these factories. Forty companies, including Abercrombie & Fitch, H&M, PVH (Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein), and SeanJohn have now joined together in the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, but meanwhile companies like Gap and Walmart have refused to join. Get involved in the campaign: Sign our petition to Gap and Walmart and take action at a store near you. Also, check out the June 6 Senate hearing testimony by a Bangladeshi labor rights leader.