Solidarity Center News: 28 Garment Factory Fires, 491 Injuries in Bangladesh Since Late November
Friday, February 1, 2013(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)
The
deaths
of seven young women in a Bangladesh garment factory over the weekend were the
latest fatal tragedies in the two months since the blaze at the Tazreen factory
killed at least 112 workers. The fire at Smart Export Garments marked the 28th
fire incident to threaten workers since the Tazreen disaster. Over the same
period, at least 491 Bangladesh garment workers have been injured on the job,
according to the Solidarity Center. Read
more at the
Solidarity Center.