The Alliance members trained 1.2 million workers in fire safety. “We are now in the process of re-training our entire workforce and we've provided this refresher to some 600,000 workers to date,” Moriarty said.
A top official of the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety that includes 28 North American retailers like Walmart and Gap, said it would continue to source from Bangladesh despite the terror attack at a Dhaka restaurant on July 1. Many international retailers and important personalities cancelled or suspended their trips to Bangladesh after the attack...#
The Alliance has also provided training to more than 22,000 security guards in the member factories.
“We have also provided financial compensation to nearly 7,000 workers displaced by remediation, fulfilling 100 per cent requests from factory owners, and helping workers provide for themselves and their families despite the temporary closure of their factories,” the former US envoy said. (SH)
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