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Investors Call on Fashion Brands to Join Worker Safety Initiative Ahead of Rana Plaza Anniversary

The call ratchets up pressure on brands like Levi Strauss & Co, Urban Outfitters-owner URBN and Walmart, which have been called out by labour rights campaigners for refusing to join the agreement.
A garment worker sits at a sewing machine in a factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
A garment worker in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (Ahmed Salahuddin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

More than 190 investors representing $1.3 trillion in assets under management urged fashion brands to join the International Accord, a legally binding worker safety agreement, in a joint statement Thursday.

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