Slac-continues-defending-bangladesh-workers-rights

A year and a half ago, an eight-story building in Bangladesh, housing several garment and apparel factories, crashed down around 3,500 workers, killing about a third. While this event shined a spotlight on the horrific conditions experienced by garment industry laborers, who supply much of the Western world, action on campus to put a complete end to Bangladesh-Bucky relations has completely stalled.

The members of the Student Labor Action Coalition, a subgroup of the nationally-based United Students Against Sweatshops, have been trying to set up a meeting with the chancellor to discuss the cutting of the University of Wisconsin’s contract with Jansport. Jansport’s parent company, VF Corporation, is refusing to sign the accord that all licensees of UW are required to sign if they have workers in Bangladesh, which they do. That accord – the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety Accord – is the document needed for that company to keep their factories standardized and safe for their workers.

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