Act fashion giant to stop deaths of workers

  Two biggest fashion retailers around the world have signed an agreement to support a repeat of the collapse of an industrial building in Bangladesh, prevent killed more than 1,100 people last month.

The agreement on fire protection and construction - led by the International Labour Organisation, trade unions and other stakeholders - in the negotiations since 24 Been of April.

A series of deadly incidents in factories, including a fire that killed 112 people in November attracted worldwide attention to the safety standards in the booming garment industry of Bangladesh, the world's largest apparel exporter to China.

Swedish fashion giant H & M, a major buyer of garments from Bangladesh, but he did not by companies that buy broken in the system, the five-year contract said points to add to their existing requirements strictly for suppliers.

"We hope that a broad coalition of signatories [to] the agreement is working effectively," said Helena Helmersson H & M.

Inditex, the largest clothing retailer in the world, said he supported the agreement.

"The agreement has not yet been published, but, as you know, we played a very active role in their development," said a spokesman.

IndustriALL Global Union at the forefront of calls for brands to sign the agreement, said he hoped for other brands that period come tomorrow.

A spokesman for the union said that the final draft of the transaction will be released tomorrow.

It involves strengthening the rights, provide training and Trademark Office workers a financial commitment to the size of their business in Bangladesh.