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= Rana Plaza =

Background Information
The environmental protection is a part of the movement as the textiles industry has such a huge impact on the ecology of the world. It accounted for 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 in 2015, with dyeing and textile treatment processes contributing to 20% of the worlds water pollution, and the use of non renewables estimated to increase from 98 million tonnes in 2015 to 300 million by 2050.

The tragedy in Rana Plaza highlighted how awful the conditions are in so amny of the places that our clothes are created. IndustriALL Global Union report that of the 75 million, predominately women who work in the textiles and fashion industry, 90% have no possibility of negotiating their wages or conditions. These are just some examples of why the movement has become what it is. 

What Happened?
On 24 April 2013, the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, which housed five garment factories, killed at least 1,132 people and injured more than 2,500. Deep cracks had appeared in the eight-storey building outside Dhaka the day before. The building contained clothing factories, a bank, apartments, and several shops. The shops and the bank on the lower floors were immediately closed after the cracks were discovered in the building. The building's owners ignored warnings to avoid using the building after cracks had appeared the day before. Garment workers were ordered to return the following day, and the building collapsed during the morning rush-hour. That morning, workers who had been producing clothes sourced by major international brands had begged not to be sent inside. Managers would not relent. More than 2,000 people filed in. Some time before 9am, floors began to vanish and workers started falling.