Edinburgh Woollen Mill was among companies sourcing from Bangladesh that had failed to sign a new accord for the safety of millions of factory workers. The new pact is a three-year extension of the Bangladesh Accord, a legally-binding agreement between global brands and trade unions drawn up after the Rana Plaza collapse, one of the worst industrial accidents in modern history. It established a fire and safety programme for the country's $28 billion a year textile industry, which employs about 4 million people.
So far 175 of the 220 companies in the original accord have signed, but high-profile brands including Abercrombie & Fitch, IKEA, and Edinburgh Woollen Mill have not, the Clean Clothes Campaign said.
"They are doing themselves and their customers a disservice and are knowingly putting the lives of the workers producing for them at risk," said Christie Miedema of the Clean Clothes Campaign which lobbies to improve workers' conditions.
So far 175 of the 220 companies in the original accord have signed, but high-profile brands including Abercrombie & Fitch, IKEA, and Edinburgh Woollen Mill have not, the Clean Clothes Campaign said.
"They are doing themselves and their customers a disservice and are knowingly putting the lives of the workers producing for them at risk," said Christie Miedema of the Clean Clothes Campaign which lobbies to improve workers' conditions.
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