Solidarity Center Report: Bangladesh Factory Fire Survivor Describes Deadly Workplace

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)With the death toll still rising from the building collapse in Bangladesh earlier this week, Workers Memorial Day, April 28, is more timely than ever this year. Sumi Abedin, a 19-year-old Bangladesh garment worker, was among the survivors of another horrific workplace tragedy, the disastrous Tazreen Fashion factory fire that killed 112 workers in November. Sumi describes the deadly working conditions at Tazreen—conditions similar to those many Bangladesh garment workers face every day. Read Sumi’s story and hear from other survivors via video at the Solidarity Center.