For continuing coverage of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Savar, Bangladesh check out these great articles & actions:
- SIGN this petition: Walmart, H&M and Gap: Do your part to stop the murders of garment workers in Bangladesh http://action.laborrights.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=6280 (learn more at International Labor Rights Forum: http://www.laborrights.org/)
- WATCH this great video: Survivor of Bangladesh’s Tazreen Factory Fire Urges US Retailers to Stop Blocking Worker Safety (Democracy Now) http://www.democracynow.org/2013/4/25/survivor_of_bangladeshs_tazreen_factory_fire
- Why aren’t Bangladesh factories safer? For one reason, companies like Wal-Mart and Gap have nixed proposals for independent inspections as being too costly and binding. http://on-msn.com/14lzdD4
-‘Bargain Basement’ Clothes To Blame for Bangladesh Factory Collapse, and Other Deadly Disasters: NGOs sayhttp://huff.to/XZhmgq- Statement by Human Rights Watch: Bangladesh - Tragedy Shows Urgency of Worker Protectionshttp://www.hrw.org/news/2013/04/25/bangladesh-tragedy-shows-urgency-worker-protections
- DONATE: I have started a fundraiser on Fundly, SOLIDARITY WITH BANGLADESHI GARMENT WORKERS—- the money will go directly to labor organizing efforts in Bangladesh! http://fundly.com/mxxos2cq
or for general support work you can donate directly to the International Labor Rights Forumhttps://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4058/c/607/p/salsa/donation/common/public/?donate_page_KEY=70 -