Solidarity Center report: Three Months After Tazreen Fire, More Fires, More Deaths in Bangladesh
Friday, February 22, 2013
(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)Three months after at least 112 Bangladeshi garment workers died in the Tazreen
Fashion factory fire, at least 37 fire and fire-related incidents have occurred
in garment factories, according to data compiled by Solidarity Center staff in
Bangladesh. Nine more people have lost their lives at work and more than 650
garment workers have been injured. The Solidarity Center in the capital, Dhaka,
has received reports that underage workers were injured at one factory fire
incident. Read more at the Solidarity
Center. - photo: the Tazreen Fashion factory, where at least 112 workers
died in multi-story fire; photo: OSHE