Clothing Trade Groups Urge Better Factory Safety Regulation in Bangladesh
A group of six U.S. and Canadian clothing-related trade associations urged Bangladesh to provide information on inspected factories as part of an increased commitment to factory safety following the recent collapse of a clothing factory in the country that killed…
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over a thousand people. The groups -- the American Apparel and Footwear Association, National Retail Federation, Retail Industry Leaders Association, the U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles and Apparel, the Retail Council of Canada and the Canadian Apparel Federation -- pushed for the disclosures in a letter to the Bangladeshi Prime Minister in a May 17 letter.