To: Benetton, Bonmarché, Mango & Matalan
Following the Rana Plaza building collapse in April this year, your company acknowledged recent production or orders with the factories in the building, and as such you have a responsibility to the victims of this awful tragedy.
The families of those who died and the thousands of workers injured in the Rana Plaza disaster now face a bleak future, without work, trapped in poverty. This disaster was entirely avoidable. If buyers had put in place proper measures to ensure factory safety, no one need have been killed or injured.
I support War on Want’s call for you to pay full compensation for loss of earnings to the families of those who died and the workers injured. Compensation should be agreed with trade unions and should be distributed as soon as possible.
Offers of 'financial assistance' are not enough. Only compensation for loss of earnings can tackle the bleak future these people now face.
Any News on this?