IB Global Politics Private Actors and Private Companies

Context: On April 24, 2013, the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh collapsed , killing 1,134 garment workers and injuring over 2,500, making it the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the garment industry. The building housed factories producing clothing for major Western brands including Primark, Walmart, Benetton, and Mango. Cracks had been visible in the building the day before the collapse; bank branches closed their offices but garment workers were ordered to return to work under threat of losing a month's wages. The disaster exposed the systematic failure of global s