Last Nightshift in Savar: The Story of Spectrum Sweater Factory Collapse

by Doug Miller

Book Overview

In April 2005, a factory making sweaters for the European market collapsed like a pack of cards during the nightshift in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh. The circumstances of this disaster, which caused the deaths of 64 clothing workers and injured a further 84, proved to be a final straw for trade unionists and NGO activists who had long been concerned about the state of factory safety and the inadequacies of social protection in the ready-made garment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0857160397
• ISBN13: 9780857160393
• Release Date: March 2013
• Publisher: McNidder and Grace
• Length: 204 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.8"