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11 Lessons From 11 Years After the Rana Plaza Disaster
On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza building collapsed in Bangladesh killing 1, 134 people and injuring approximately 2, 500 more. Those deaths were preventable.
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10 years after Rana Plaza, is Bangladesh’s garment industry any safer? - CNN
The Rana Plaza disaster held a mirror up to the developed world, namely consumers hungry for cheap clothing and Western brands using low-cost production to meet demand.
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A Grim Anniversary for Survivors of the Rana Plaza Disaster
On the morning of April 24, 2013, more than 1,100 people were killed when Rana Plaza, an eight-story building that housed five garment factories on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed in ...
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What's changed a decade after the Rana Plaza collapse? (Rebroadcast)
On April 23, 2013, a group of garment factories collapsed in Rana Plaza near Dhaka, Bangladesh. The accident killed more than 1,100 people and injured at least 2,500. It’s considered the ...
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10 years after Rana Plaza, is Bangladesh’s garment industry any safer? | CNN - CNN International
The Rana Plaza disaster held a mirror up to the developed world, namely consumers hungry for cheap clothing and Western brands using low-cost production to meet demand.
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10 years after Rana Plaza, is Bangladesh’s garment industry any safer? - KTVZ
Trade union leader Babul Akhter was working at Bangladesh’s labor ministry in Dhaka on the morning that Rana Plaza, a nine-story building crammed with garment factories, collapsed. He rushed to ...
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10 years after Rana Plaza, is Bangladesh’s garment industry any safer?
Trade union leader Babul Akhter was working at Bangladesh’s labor ministry in Dhaka on the morning that Rana Plaza, a nine-story building crammed with garment factories, collapsed. He rushed to ...