Canadian Union Action in Support of Bangladesh Garment Workers
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- Published on Saturday, 22 April 2017 08:30
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This Monday unions around the world mark a terrible anniversary. 4 years ago over 1,100 garment workers, most of them women, died when the Rana Plaza garment factory collapsed.
Since then, under pressure from the global labour movement, Canadian companies like Mountain Equipment Co-op have published lists of their suppliers in Bangladesh and have pushed them to improve working conditions, open their factories to inspections and recognize the right of workers to organize.
Others, including Canadian Tire (which owns Mark's and Sport Chek) have not. The factories that make the clothing they sell and that we buy continue to place workers at risk while denying their basic labour rights.
Canadian unions are mobilizing Canadian workers like you and I to pressure Canadian Tire to require its suppliers to be transparent, to open factories to public scrutiny and to respect the right of Bangladeshi workers to organize.
Add your voice to those of thousands of Canadians in seconds by going to the Steelworkers campaign page HERE. Please, if you can, forward this appeal to all your contacts.
Thank you!
In Solidarity,
Derek Blackadder
LabourStart Canada
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