Thirteen years have passed since the Rana Plaza factory complex collapsed in Savar, Bangladesh, crushing the lives of 1,134 workers and injuring thousands more. Today, Asia Floor Wage Alliance (AFWA) does not merely commemorate this tragedy; we confront the reality that the conditions which led to one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the history of Bangladesh and the region remain largely intact.  

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