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International Labor Rights Forum
An organization dedicated to achieving just and humane working conditions for workers worldwide. It is committed to overcoming child labour, forced labour and other abusive practices. It promotes the enforcement of labou...
Threads of Life
Threads of Life is a Canadian charity dedicated to supporting families along their journey of healing who have suffered from a workplace fatality, life-altering injury or who are living with an occupational disease. We p...

New Releases

Bangladesh factory fire: brands accused of criminal negligence
2012-11-25
Clean Clothes Campaign
Clean Clothes Campaign, along with trade unions & labour rights organisation, is calling for immediate action from international brands following the fire in Dhaka Bangladesh which killed over 100 wor...
5,000 Canadians walk to honour and support families of workplace tragedy
2013-05-03
Threads of Life
Beginning May 4, more than 5000 Canadians will walk in support of families affected by workplace fatalities, life-altering injuries and occupational disease, as part of the annual Steps for Life - Wal...

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Bangladesh factory fire: brands accused of criminal negligence
Sources News Release
Article
2012
Clean Clothes Campaign
Clean Clothes Campaign, along with trade unions & labour rights organisation, is calling for immediate action from international brands following the fire in Dhaka Bangladesh which killed over 100 wor...
Cheap clothing proves far too dear
The death of workers in Bangladesh are just the latest tragedy that springs from the west's addiction to fashion
Siegle, Lucy
Article
2010
The Guardian
In Bangladesh one hundred workers died in a garment fire, a common occurence plaguing a workforce that already has the distinction of being the "most poorly paid in the world". The author investigates...
Newfoundland Sealing Disaster
Sources Select Resources Encyclopedia
Article
SS Newfoundland was a sealing ship which lost 78 sealers on the ice during extreme weather conditions in March 1914 which claimed lives from three sealing ships in an event known as the 1914 Newfoundl...

Sources Bookshelf

Forget Me Not
Canadian Stories of Workplace Tragedy from the Families' Perspective
Book
2011

Media

Canadian Occupational Safety
Informing and educating Canadian safety professionals about safety topics in the workplace.

Government Ministries & Agencies

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety
CCOHS promotes a safe and healthy working environment by providing information and advice about occu...


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