Ten years have passed since the Rana Plaza disaster shook the global garment industry to its core, claiming the lives of over 1,100 workers and leaving thousands injured. The tragedy, along with the Tazreen Fashion factory fire just months earlier, exposed the dire state of the ready-made garments (RMG) industry in Bangladesh – poor factory safety, unequal power relations and practices in the global fashion supply chain, and gaps in worker rights. In the aftermath of this catastrophe, various initiatives were launched to address the systemic issues plaguing the industry.
Ten years have passed since the Rana Plaza disaster shook the global garment industry to its core, claiming the lives of over 1,100 workers and leaving thousands injured. The tragedy, along with the Tazreen Fashion factory fire just months earlier, exposed the dire state of the ready-made garments (RMG) industry in Bangladesh – poor factory safety, unequal power relations and practices in the global fashion supply chain, and gaps in worker rights. In the aftermath of this catastrophe, various initiatives were launched to address the systemic issues plaguing the industry.
