The Collapse Of Rana Plaza
Today marks the three year anniversary of the collapse of Rana Plaza. Before the structurally flawed factory crumbled, Rana Plaza produced fashions for companies such as Joe Fresh, Primark, Walmart and the Gap. Over 1,130 people died when the building caved and 2,500 more were pulled from the rubble alive but injured and mentally scarred.
Rana Plaza is just one example of how workers in the garment industry are being exploited. We don’t think about where the clothes we buy come from; we ignore the fact that companies use their workers like dogs for a profit or that childhoods are being stolen away by sweatshops in third world countries. Fast fashion is not sustainable. It’s not ethical, it’s not ‘cool’ and it’s killing our planet. The fashion
Rana Plaza is just one example of how workers in the garment industry are being exploited. We don’t think about where the clothes we buy come from; we ignore the fact that companies use their workers like dogs for a profit or that childhoods are being stolen away by sweatshops in third world countries. Fast fashion is not sustainable. It’s not ethical, it’s not ‘cool’ and it’s killing our planet. The fashion