PRIMARK TO PAY 6M MORE TO VICTIMS OF

RANA PLAZA FACTORY IN BANGLADESH

BY
SARAH BUTLER





SAQIB SAQLAIN TAHIR
STUDENT ID # 307847/409136

Rana Plaza an eight-story building collapsed in Dhaka, Bangladesh

Published in The Guardian
Written by Sarah Butler
Aim of the Article
Background of the incident
Primark contribution for victims
Motive of Primark & International Labor Organization
Rise in minimum wage for garments worker
Summary & personal response







OVERVIEW:
























Background of the
Incident:
Rana Plaza building collapsed in April 2013
More than 11 hundred garment workers lost their lives in this disaster
More than 25 hundred workers got injured
Considered to be the deadliest garment factory accident in history
Garments factories in the plaza were manufacturing clothes for many big brands
including
1) Primark
2) Walmart
3) Matalan


Primark plans to pay 6m in compensation to victims

Primark already paid 1.2m in short-term support for all workers or their
families

Primark target to pay 6m to 581 workers who survived, or to the
families of the victims

Additional 1m to communal compensation pot to be shared among all
the 3,600 workers who suffered from the collapse of building

Before Primarks contribution, communal pot contained less than 3m

Primark Contribution For Victims

Deputy Director General of ILO appreciated the donation made by Primark

Primarks payment will encourage other retailers for making more donation

Many companies have not yet made any payment to the victims including
Walmart

Estimated amount require to support the victims is 24 approx.

Communal pot just reached 5m




Motive of Primark & International Labor
Organization (ILO)
Current wage 24 p/m for a worker (3,000 Bangladeshi Taka)

Average Primark T-shirt costing just 2.5

Primark planning to increase wage rate

80% of Bangladeshi exports are clothes

Rise in wage rate is a good way to alleviate poverty



Rise in minimum wage for garment workers
Strengths of the Article
Pushing big retailers and encouraging them to come forward to help the
victims of such disastrous incident.

Making pressure on big retailers to cut down their profits and increase
minimum wage rate.

Weakness of the Article

Article by Tansy Hoskins on 20
th
April 2014

Multinational corporations deliberately choose countries for low cost
production

Payments were made till September 2013 on the basis of DNA evidence
Critical Analysis & Personal Response For
The Article
Disastrous collapse of building in Bangladesh

Injuries and death toll

Primark donation for victims

ILO appreciation for Primark and appeal to other brands for making
contributions

Rise in wage rate to lessen the poverty rate



Summary:
Butler, S., 2014. The Guardian. [Online]
Available at:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/mar/16/primark-payout-
victims-rana-plaza-bangladesh
[Accessed 10 April 2014].

Hoskins, T., 2014. Counterfire.org. [Online]
Available at:
http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/articles/opinion/17174-rana-plaza-
it-is-not-consumers-who-have-blood-on-their-hands
[Accessed 28 April 2014].



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