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Press release
CAD $19.5 million ILO project launched to enhance capacity of workforce in key industries in Bangladesh
15 May 2014
‘Bangladesh Skills for Employment and Productivity (B-SEP) Project’ is a five year long initiative of the Government of Bangladesh funded by the Government of Canada and implemented by the ILO.
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Video
Rana Plaza: Never Again
24 April 2014
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Garment industry in Bangladesh
ILO: Rana Plaza is an opportunity to change how global supply chains operate
24 April 2014
ILO Deputy Director-General for Field Operations and Partnerships Gilbert Houngbo says that the Rana Plaza tragedy in Bangladesh which killed over 1,100 garment workers in April 2013 can be a catalyst for change.
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Article
10-General Points on Fire Safety in the Workplace
24 April 2014
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Garment industry in Bangladesh
One year after Rana Plaza: Progress and the Way Forward
24 April 2014
Employer and union representatives join the ILO, donors and Government of Bangladesh representatives at a high-level event in Dhaka to mark the one year anniversary of the Rana Plaza tragedy.
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Garment industry in Bangladesh
Employers’ Seminar on Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining emphasizes training on rights and responsibilities.
24 April 2014
Dhaka – Employers’ organizations expressed their full respect for freedom of association and collective bargaining at a high-level meeting here, organized by the BGMEA, BKMEA and BEF, with senior representatives of the Government of Bangladesh and the ILO.
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Press release
The Rana Plaza Coordination Committee pays out BDT 50,000 to each victim of Rana Plaza collapse
22 April 2014
The Rana Plaza Coordination Committee has made today made available approximately BDT 14,20,00,000 to make payments of 50,00BDT to eligible claimants through the BKash system. Payment is being made in respect of all injured workers, dependents of the deceased and missing workers, as well as the non-injured workers.
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Garment industry in Bangladesh
ILO Deputy DG welcomes advance payments to Rana Plaza survivors and victims' families
22 April 2014
Initial disbursements of TK 50,000 (US$ 645) made to survivors and families of those who died in the Rana Plaza building collapse in April 2013.
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Garment industry in Bangladesh
Officials of over 140 newly registered RMG sector Trade Unions receive Orientation on Freedom of Association
22 April 2014
Leaders of 141 newly registered trade unions of the RMG factories along with leaders of over 80 trade union federation in Bangladesh received a day long orientation on issues like collective bargaining and freedom of association.
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Working conditions
Post Rana Plaza: A vision for the future
03 April 2014
ILO Director-General Guy Ryder's address to the High Level Meeting on garment and textiles production in Bangladesh organized by the Government of Denmark in Copenhagen.