Workers' rights violations have been pervasive in many global supply chains. In the apparel
sector, production workers often face precarious working conditions, including persistently …

The scale of the tragedy at Rana Plaza in Bangladesh, in which more than 1,000 garment
factory workers died when the building collapsed in April 2013, galvanized a range of …

This Introduction synthesizes the key themes of this special cluster of articles and explores
the implications of the three contributions on garment supply chains after the Rana Plaza …

This article examines several noteworthy initiatives that were implemented following the
deadly 2013 Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh. They broke new ground in transnational …

This paper offers a view of working practices within the garment and textile (G&T) industry in
Bangladesh. The G&T industry accounts for over 84 per cent of Bangladesh exports and is …

Abstract The 2013 Rana Plaza disaster highlighted the failure of labour regulation in global
garment value chains. Eight years on, in the midst of the COVID‐19 pandemic, what …

Bangladesh's garments workers have served as both an emblem of that country's rapid
social and economic progress, and of the precarities of labour in global value chains. Based …

Considering the persistent violation of labour rights, questions arise as to the effectiveness
of policy instruments regarding the governance of global labour standards. We adopt an …

Global supply chains in the garment industry are marked by labour standard violations in
factories as well as retail stores. Against this background it is important to strengthen the …

Recent research has highlighted several pathways to social upgrading in global supply
chains. We take a closer look at recent developments with regard to these pathways in the …