WELCOME TO THE ARCHIVE (1994-2014) OF THE MAQUILA SOLIDARITY NETWORK. For current information on our ongoing work on the living wage, women's labour rights, freedom of association, corporate accountability and Bangladesh fire and safety, please visit our new website, launched in October, 2015: www.maquilasolidarity.org
Simmering anger at poverty wages and poor working conditions boiled over into massive worker protests in Bangladesh in May 2006. Two workers were confirmed dead, hundreds injured, and over a hundred factories were set ablaze in several days of rioting.
In April 2005, 64 workers were killed, 74 injured, and hundreds left jobless when the Spectrum-Shahriyar garment factory in Bangladesh collapsed. In early 2006, there were a number of similar tragedies in other garment factories producing for European, US and Canadian retailers and brands, in which hundreds of workers were killed and injured. These deaths and injuries were entirely preventable.
The MFA Forum has been engaging with the Government of Bangladesh, the industry association and local unions and NGOs on a wide range of issues facing the Bangladeshi garment industry.
Using celebrity hosts, music and the popular Much Music presentation style, Inside Your Threads
Unless otherwise noted, all work on this website is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.
