Global brand to pay $2.3m for worker safety in Bangladesh garment sector

In a victory for labour unions, a global clothing brand has agreed to pay $2.3 million to meet fire and building safety regulations in 150 garment factories across its supply chain in Bangladesh, unions said Monday.

The settlement is one the largest payments made by a brand to remedy workplace dangers in Bangladesh, the unions said in a statement.

Dangerous working conditions and low wages have long been a concern in Bangladesh’s garment industry, which suffered one of the worst industrial accidents in 2013, when more than 1,100 people were killed in the collapse of the Rana Plaza complex.