Under Arnaud Montebourg and more than a year after the tragedy which had 1,138 dead pressure, the distribution group has agreed to contribute up to $ 1.5 million in funds compensation with 40 million and has not met to date, 20 million.
A new twist in the drama of Rana Plaza in Bangladesh . The collapse of the building housing garment factories had killed 1,138 textile workers and injured more than 2,000 others in April 2013, four months after denying any direct link with the site and refused to participate in the compensation fund victims, set up eight months after the tragedy, Auchan backtracked. Under pressure from Arnaud Montebourg who “asked companies in the country to mobilize to rescue these people in great difficulty”, the distribution group decided to pay $ 1.5 million, or just over 1.1 million in the fund reserved for victims’ families. And thus “show solidarity with the working men and women of this country are made a part of apparel brand”.
A pittance for the three associations that had complained last April against Auchan – who performed at 31 December 2013, 62 billion in gross sales under banners (up 4.1%) – “to the needs of the group’s activities in Bangladesh and its financial health.” By comparison, the Irish Primark brand has paid $ 12 million, eight for the fund. With the contribution of Auchan, the compensation fund to meet today less than 20 million, according to the collective. Barely 50% of the total amount of the fund managed by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) and fixed at 40 million. Anyway, it’s a new French company committed to compensate the victims of the tragedy, after Cameo had accepted responsibility, two months after the disaster.
In a joint statement Collectif Ethics on the label, Peoples Solidarity and Sherpa “regret that the group waited an unacceptable time under its primary responsibility for the tragedy.” These organizations’ hope that this announcement will encourage the prosecution of Lille to strengthen the preliminary investigation he opened last May against the group “after the filing of the complaint.
The drama of Rana Plaza had highlighted the poor security conditions in the workshops, as well as wages and miserable working conditions of employees. Since then, an agreement on the safety of buildings has been signed by 150 stores and factory inspection campaign was launched under pressure from NGOs with unannounced inspections. But several companies, including Carrefour refuses to this day to pay any compensation, while many Tex labels were found in the rubble.
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