Wrangler, IKEA, Amazon: protect your workers!

More than 1000 garment workers in Bangladesh were killed in the Rana Plaza disaster, nearly 12 years ago. It wasn't a natural disaster, it was corporate greed.

Since then, more than 250 companies have signed a binding safety accord to stop it from ever happening again. But some brands will only join if forced to -- and that's where we come in.

Wrangler is still failing to guarantee basic health and safety rights for the people who make its famous jeans.

Now that Levi’s has signed the International Accord, let's put the spotlight on Wrangler and other companies still putting profits before workers' rights:

Sign and share the petition: protect workers in Bangladesh and Pakistan!

Wrangler says it supports the spirit of this safety accord, but its own audits and checks are better - even though private audits failed to spot that Rana Plaza was a death trap. It’s questionable whether Wrangler is really making its factories safe for workers…

Kontoor Brands, Wrangler’s parent company, sources from more than 140 factories in Bangladesh and Pakistan. By signing the Accord, Kontoor would have to allow independent safety inspectors into those supplier factories and guarantee basic health and safety provisions for workers.

If the International Accord is good enough for its biggest competitor, Levi’s, why isn’t it good enough for Wrangler?

Wrangler is not alone in putting its profits above the lives of garment workers in Bangladesh and Pakistan. They are but one of many brands failing to prioritize workers’ lives since the Rana Plaza collapse, including: Amazon, Columbia Sportswear, Decathlon, IKEA, JC Penney, Kontoor Brands (Wrangler, Lee, Rock & Republic), Target, Tom Tailor, URBN and Walmart.

Following pressure, Levi’s and ASDA already signed the International Accord and joined its Pakistan program, but they refused to join the Bangladesh program. We are urging them to also protect their workers in Bangladesh.

Thousands died or were injured when Rana Plaza, a building housing five garment factories in Bangladesh, collapsed in 2013. In the aftermath, the Ekō community pressured massive fashion brands like H&M and Zara to back this new safety accord. Now we need to do it again, and push Wrangler to do the right thing.

Wrangler, IKEA, Amazon and others: protect workers in Bangladesh and Pakistan!