Rana Plaza: a tragedy remembered

Six years ago, on 24th April 2013, 1,138 garment workers in Bangladesh lost their lives, ultimately because of an industry that placed deadlines and profits before human lives. Rana Plaza, the building that housed five garment factories among other establishments, had not evacuated those who toiled for the least: garment workers barely making minimum wage who were forced to go back and work in a building that showed visible structural defects for days until it finally collapsed, burying more than 1,100 garment workers and injuring more than 2,500.