SOME NORTH AMERICAN RETAILERS SAY NO TO BANGLADESH FACTORY SAFETY AGREEMENT (410 hits)
YOUR WORLD NEWS MAY 2013 Day 17
A new agreement which demands a 5 year commitment from participating retailers to conduct independent safety inspections of factories and to pay $500 per year toward safety improvements has at least 14 Major retailers refusing to sign the new safety standard.
The agreement titled the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh passed on Tuesday, May 14, 2013 in which 14 major North American retailers declined to participate. Included in the decline was listed Walmart which claimed to have other separate working initiatives to improve working conditions. Some Major European retailers have signed the agreement and made the 5 year commitment for building safety giving full support.
A new agreement for safety of buildings have prompted from several building incidents involving fire; and the latest enormous toll of life when a factory garment building tumbled down killing hundreds on April 24, 2013. It is a one of first of a many agreement necessary to help secure some safety standards are in place for factory and garment workers which are serviced with large major retailers in North America.
Fair is fair, these workers deserve a fair and safe place to do production work for those huge retailers demands. It is far too long of a wait, and too many lives lost not to do anything, but say no.
Saturday, May 18th 2013 at 7:04PM
MIISRAEL Bride
You know "the word of mouth" works pretty good too! [Smiles}
Sunday, May 19th 2013 at 10:48AM
MIISRAEL Bride
COME ON AMERICA(NS) WHY DO WE THINK THESE COMPANYS ARE NOT IN AMERICA...IS THIS NOT THE SAME NATION WE JUST POISONED ITS CITIZENS WITH TOXIC GAS' COMING FROM FACTORY NOT TOO LONG AGO???
THAKS MIISRAEL WE ARE IN SUCH NEED OF THESE KINDS OF REALITY TEACHING MOMENTS. (SMILE)...
WE ARE ALL GOD'S CHILDREN...
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
BACK IN THE DAY NO ONE WOULD GE SHOPING AT WALMART UNTILL THEY MADE THIS RIGHT...MAY BE WE WILL GET BACK TO DOING THINGS LIKE THIS AGAIN. (SMILE)
IT WOULD NOT TAKE A STRILE TO GO MORE THAN TWO WEEKS AS WE GET CLOSE TO THE NEXT HOLIFAY STRILES THAKES THE SHORTEST TIME TO GET THINGS DONE...SOME TIMES JUST A FEW WELL PLACE SIGNS CAN CHANGE A FEW SHOPPERS MINDS OF GOING TO ANOTER STORE. (SMILE)
Thursday, April 10th 2014 at 6:47PM
ROBINSON IRMA
