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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Michael Sainato

‘Give workers an equal seat’: pressure builds for Levi’s to protect factory employees

A protest in front of the Levi's store in New York City’s Times Square asked the company to sign an agreement prioritizing the safety of garment workers in Bangladesh and Pakistan.
A protest in front of the Levi's store in New York City’s Times Square asked the company to sign a safety agreement for garment workers in Bangladesh and Pakistan. Photograph: Milo Hess/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Workers and activists have been campaigning to push Levi’s, one of the world’s largest clothing brands, to sign on to an international accord for workers’ health and safety in Bangladesh and Pakistan.

On 24 April 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which housed five garment clothing factories, collapsed, killing 1,134 people and injuring approximately 2,500, in the deadliest disaster in the garment industry’s history.

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