In a victory for labor unions, a global clothing brand has agreed to pay $2.3 million to meet fire and building safety regulations in 150 garment factories across its supply chain in Bangladesh, unions said Monday. The settlement is one the largest payments made by a brand to remedy workplace dangers in Bangladesh, the unions said in a statement. The settlement was reached through an arbitration process under the legally-binding Bangladesh Accord for Fire and Building Safety. The brand will also contribute $300,000 to a fund created by UNI Global Union and IndustriAll Global Union to improve pay and conditions for workers in global supply chains. “This is a good example because brands need to contribute to the improvement of workers’ conditions,” he told the Thomson Reuters Foundation by phone from Dhaka.

Source: Dhaka Tribune January 23, 2018 06:56 UTC