Ksenia Ocheredko Case Study Bangladesh
Case Study Rana Plaza, Bangladesh
Ksenia Ocheredko 02/02/2015 Course: EDSB On 24 April 2013, Rana Plaza, an eight-stored commercial building, collapsed in Dhaka Area, the capital of Bangladesh. The search for the dead ended on 13 May with a death toll of 1,129. The factory housed a number of separate garment factories employing around 5,000 people, several shops, and a bank. The factories manufactured apparel for brands including Benetton, Bonmarché, El Corte Inglés, Mango, Primark and Walmart. The shops and the bank on the lower floors immediately closed after cracks were discovered in the building. Warnings to avoid using the building after cracks appeared the day before had been ignored. Garment workers were ordered to return the following day and the building collapsed during the morning rush-hour. ' 'Managers at Ether Tex threatened to withhold a month 's pay from workers who refused to come to work. ' '1 The head of the Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defense, Ali Ahmed Khan, said that ' 'the upper four floors had been built without a permit ' '2. Rana Plaza 's architect, Massood Reza, said the building was planned for shops and offices – but not factories. Other architects stressed the risks involved in placing factories inside a building designed only for shops and offices, noting the structure was potentially not strong enough to bear the weight and vibration of heavy machinery. According to the Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre on 26 May 2014 in the process of functioning of Rana Plaza take place serious violations of labour and human rights of workers:
Ksenia Ocheredko 02/02/2015 Course: EDSB On 24 April 2013, Rana Plaza, an eight-stored commercial building, collapsed in Dhaka Area, the capital of Bangladesh. The search for the dead ended on 13 May with a death toll of 1,129. The factory housed a number of separate garment factories employing around 5,000 people, several shops, and a bank. The factories manufactured apparel for brands including Benetton, Bonmarché, El Corte Inglés, Mango, Primark and Walmart. The shops and the bank on the lower floors immediately closed after cracks were discovered in the building. Warnings to avoid using the building after cracks appeared the day before had been ignored. Garment workers were ordered to return the following day and the building collapsed during the morning rush-hour. ' 'Managers at Ether Tex threatened to withhold a month 's pay from workers who refused to come to work. ' '1 The head of the Bangladesh Fire Service & Civil Defense, Ali Ahmed Khan, said that ' 'the upper four floors had been built without a permit ' '2. Rana Plaza 's architect, Massood Reza, said the building was planned for shops and offices – but not factories. Other architects stressed the risks involved in placing factories inside a building designed only for shops and offices, noting the structure was potentially not strong enough to bear the weight and vibration of heavy machinery. According to the Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre on 26 May 2014 in the process of functioning of Rana Plaza take place serious violations of labour and human rights of workers:
Bibliography: 1. Bloomberg Online Magazine, April 2013 2. The New York Times, April 2013 3. Written statement submitted by the Asian Legal Resource Centre, 26 May 2014 4. Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 10 December 1948 5. International Labor Organization Conventions, April 1919 6. The Gardian, 6 February 2014 7. Clean Clothes Compaign Webpage, 24 May 2014 8. Stockholm Declaration, June 1972 9. Rio Declaration on Environment and Development, June 1992 10. Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, March 1989