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"The day before Rana Plaza collapsed, workers did not have a collective voice to enable them to refuse to enter an unsafe workplace, and they were confronted by factory management with the choice of losing their jobs. This was not just a Bangladeshi tragedy but an international one, with 29 international brands sourcing garments from the factories housed in the faulty building. It is a disgrace that those injured and the families of the victims still await rightful compensation while brands continue to generate large profits. Payments must be made.
Sadly, it took a manmade disaster to begin long overdue efforts to ensure better working conditions in the sector. Thorough reform of the Bangladesh Labour Act is therefore needed. We have a moral obligation to ensure a more comprehensive and effective multilateral approach to make basic labour standards and minimum working conditions a priority. The EU needs to use its influence for this change.
We owe this to the more than 1 100 workers who lost their lives on 24 April 2013 and to future generations. I echo my colleagues in hoping that the Commission will push for the compensation to be paid, for the prevention of future tragedies and for the strengthening of trade unions."@en1
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