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My 3-year-old’s favorite dress – the one she wants to wear every day – is from Children’s Place. With 1,123 stores, Children’s Place is one of the largest children’s clothing retailers in North America. But what’s behind the label?

Today, The New York Times home page is featuring heartrending stories of the young women and men who were inside the Rana Plaza factory building when it collapsed on top of them last April. Among them are garment workers who sewed clothes for Children’s Place. At least 1,132 people died in the horrific tragedy, which amounts to the deadliest incident ever in the global garment industry. Orphaned children continue to wander the site of the disaster holding “missing” posters for the mothers and fathers they lost.

While Primark and Loblaw have provided some relief to the victims, still eight months after the disaster, Children’s Place has yet to pay any compensation whatsoever. Meanwhile, single mothers who lost their limbs at Rana Plaza are being forced to pull their children out of school and send them to work because they have no other way to keep from starving.

Take action! Moms, here are some things you can do:

Facebook:

Share this photo widely:

//orphansplace.com/. It's time for The Children's Place to listen to these children! Urge the company to pay their fair share of compensation to the injured workers and families who lost-loved ones in the Rana Plaza building collapse: http://orphansplace.com/.

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Letter Delivery:

Print, sign and deliver this letter to the Children’s Place store manager at the mall near you.

Donate:

Donate the cost of a Children’s Place shirt, or more, to support advocates in Bangladesh who are urging government, factory owners, and multinational corporations to each pay their fair share of compensation to the victims: http://laborrights.org/bdsolidarity

Shop with a Conscience:

A bit late for Christmas shopping since this list relies on online orders, but share in your circles and use in 2014!

 

Liana Foxvog is the organizing director at the International Labor Rights Forum (http://laborrights.org) and a co-author of “Still Waiting: six months after history’s deadliest apparel industry disaster, workers continue to fight for compensation.” (http://laborrights.org/stillwaiting).


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