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Major Breakthrough at R.L.
Denim / Bangladesh
* The general manager of the R.L. Denim factory, Mr. Tapash-who kicked
17-year-old Yasin when he was lying sick and unconscious on the factory
floor, has been fired! The abusive supervisors Mr. Munir and
Mr. Mahfuz, who slapped 18-year-old Fatema and overworked the sick
teenager to death, have also been fired.
* R.L. Denim management will not oppose the workers' right to
organize an independent union at the factory! The Bangladesh Center
for Workers' Solidarity (BCWS) can immediately begin awareness training
with the workers, many of whom for the first time will learn their legal
rights.
* Management has agreed to provide open access to the factory to the
Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity to guarantee that factory
improvements, working conditions and respect for workers rights
continue.
* All threats against workers collaborating with the Bangladesh Center
for Workers Solidarity and the National Labor Committee will immediately
land permanently cease.
Members of the Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity and the National
Labor Committee inspected the R.L. Denim factory today and can confirm
the following major improvements.
* Purified drinking water is now being provided to the workers.
* A small medical clinic has been set up with a doctor, nurse and
a good range of medicines, which will be provided free of charge to the
workers.
* A small daycare center has been built, with toys, cradles and
baby beds.
* A factory canteen/lunch room has been built, so the workers
will have a proper place to eat their lunch.
* Overall, the factory has been cleaned-including the
bathrooms, which were nothing but disgusting just a short while ago.
* Management has not declared a layoff and though there is not work,
the workers are to be paid.
* A completed order for Metro Group is sitting in the factory, as Metro
has cancelled the shipment.
We have never seen anything like this before in Bangladesh. This is the
quickest and most serious turnaround we have seen. It is also huge that
the workers will have the change to organize an independent union with
the Bangladesh Center for Workers Solidarity. Right now you can count
on one hand the number of real unions in Bangladesh's garment industry,
which employs more than 2 million workers-who are most often abused and
trapped in misery. A real union at R.L. Denim could set a new standard
in Bangladesh giving real hope to the workers in the country's over-4000
garment factories.
It would be terribly wrong for Metro Group not to immediately
restore all of their former orders to the new and vastly improved R.L.
Denim factory. This can be a Win-Win situation, for the workers, R.L.
Denim, Metro Group and consumers-that should not be lost.
The Original R.L. Denim Report
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