About 12 Bangladeshi and international leaders have joined an apparel retailer group's initiative aiming to aid its efforts to improve safety for Bangladeshi workers.
The ready-made garment (RMG) retailers' group Alliance has been instrumental in shaping up the initiative, Bangladesh Worker Safety Board of Advisers, a statement issued by the platform says.
The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety Board of Advisors includes Heather Cruden, Canadian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, three local labour leaders-Sirajul Islam Rony, president of Bangladesh National Garment Workers, Employees League (BNGWEL), Sukkur Mahmud, president of Executive Committee of the National Labour League (Jatiya Srmaik League), and Wajedul Islam Khan, general secretary of Bangladesh Trade Union Kendra.
It also includes Mujibur Rahman, a professor of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and Md Hatem, vice president of Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
The other members are Avedis Seferian, president and CEO of WRAP, Dan Glickman, Senior Fellow of Bipartisan Policy Centre, Helene Gayle, President and CEO of CARE USA and Melanne Verveer, Executive Director of Institute for Women, Peace and Security, Georgetown University.
— FE Report
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FE Team | Published: April 05, 2014 00:00:00 | Updated: November 30, 2026 06:01:00
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