It has been nearly eight months since the collapse of a building in Bangladesh killed more than 1,100 garment factory workers and left many others with grave injuries. But most of those victims and their families have yet to receive adequate financial help or medical care.
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Some families of workers killed in the building, Rana Plaza, have had to send their children to work to make ends meet, according to a recent report by Jim Yardley in The Times. Workers who lost limbs or suffered other grave injuries have received substandard treatment. Many survivors have become burdens on their struggling families.
The catastrophe led to an outpouring of grief in Bangladesh and around the world. At the time, the government of Sheikh Hasina announced that it would take care of victims and their families, a promise that it has yet to fulfill despite having collected private donations for that purpose. The Bangladesh High Court is expected to decide how much money victims and their families will get, though many have been told that they won't get the full amount until every dead body has been identified, a needless delay.
Much of the clothing industry has also failed workers and their families. An association of Bangladeshi garment factory owners has provided compensation amounting to a just few months' salary to some victims. The factories in the building were making clothes for big Western retailers like Children's Place, Benetton and Primark. Primark, a British chain, has been paying the salaries to the wounded and the families of the dead, and the Canadian company Loblaw, which also had clothes made at Rana, has announced that it, too, will make payments. But most other companies have not provided any compensation.
The government and the clothing industry say they are making changes to how garment factories are inspected and regulated. But their words will remain hollow if they continue to ignore the needs of this tragedy's victims.
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