Bandu RMG factory
46 Images
BGMEA - RMG employers
174 Images
child-labour 1
28 Images
Ashulia_Tazreen_Workers_Homes 2
47 Images
Ashulia_Tazreen_Workers_Homes
56 Images
Ashulia_Workers_neighborhood
51 Images
Tazreen memorial day
13 Images
awaj foundation
86 Images
gwuf-office
27 Images
void - Rana Plaza
14 Images
House of Colour
45 Images
archive: Garment workers' rights
324 Images
work-bench for post-industrialised countries
Industries in Bangladesh are usually separated into export-oriented companies and manufacturers for local market.
Production for local markets often seems to operate in a legal black hole.
But since the desasters in export industries (specially since Rana Plaza collapse) the export-oriented industries are in international focus. Factories have to meet international quality standarts. Numerous programs are installed to enhence working conditions and implement labour safety. Things move very very slowly.
Western as well as local governments still insist on voluntary improvement, instead of setting up (stronger) laws to protect labour and environment.
Meanwhile the customers (the international garment multis) blackmail local producers by demanding cut-throat "target prices".
The result is predictable:
The most concerned group is the weakest (at the base) of the value creation chain:
cost shares of a t-shirt (29€)
worker: 0,6%
material: 11%
local company: 6%
total:17,6
transport: 8%
rest: - brand and sale: 74,4%
