Editorial
ILO-assisted factory safety project
Govt., RMG leaders should go the extra mile
AN ILO-assisted factory safety campaign in the readymade garment industry has been launched to improve working condition through reducing threat of fire and building collapse. Assessment for building and fire safety for this project will be conducted by experts from Buet.
The project will have components like building and fire safety assessment, labour inspection system, support for fire and building inspection, occupational safety and health awareness.
Reassuringly, this yet another foreign-backed project only points to our international development partners' concern about the well-being of our workers as well as their willingness to see that this sector may fast bridge the credibility-gap it is at the moment suffering from.
Coming in the wake of Rana Plaza collapse and other such disasters like Tazreen Fashions fire that claimed hundreds of workers' lives, Bangladesh should try to make the most of these well-intentioned efforts by our development partners.
While acknowledging and appreciating these external concerns and financial as well as technical support, we would at the same time like to be assured by matching efforts taken at home by the government and leaders in the RMG sector. But conditions in the sector do not seem to have improved much seeing that disgruntled workers continue to launch violent movements in the street.
We hope the owners of garment factories and the government will go the extra mile to help the international efforts so that the entire RMG sector may ensure complete safety in the life of workers and their workplaces sooner than later.
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