Op Ed: The garment disaster is no time to abandon Bangladesh

April 30, 2013

In a recent Op Ed in The Globe and Mail, Asif Farooq, writes about the need to put pressure on Western companies to change their policies and work with the textile industry in Bangladesh rather than withdrawing their contracts. “The Savar incident should prompt Western clothing companies to build a partnership of trust and to impose incentives that encourage the textile industry of Bangladesh to implement labour safety standards.”

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Asif Farooq will be starting his PhD with the Department of Political Science in Fall 2013.