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 makes real resources available to over 150 factories so they can finally make the necessary repairs that were needed years ago,” Christy Hoffman of UNI Global Union 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: bd News24 January 22, 2018 15:22 UTC