Rana Plaza Bangladesh

This is considered the deadliest garment factory incident in history with the death figure at 1,127 with approximately 2,500 injured.

There were 5 garment factories operating inside. Its backlash was immense with mass protests in the streets asking for much safer working conditions and the death penalty for the owner. The Pope referred to it as a catastrophe and said it was 'slave labour' as many of the people who died inside were on a wage of 38 euros a month!
It had massive implications on the brand Primark who have to pay massive compensation for the incident as well as take huge amount of negative publicity. Another impact on the fashion industry is that all retailers are now being urged to sign up to the Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety agreement as mass speculation over the structure of the building is now being investigated thoroughly as extra floors were added without any building permission or regulations.

THIS INCIDENT HAS INCREASED PUBLIC AWARENESS TO THE TREATMENT OF WORKERS IN THE TEXTILE INDUSTRY.

But this should never of happened if more interest was taken before hand!