RANA PLAZA
The Rana Plaza disaster took place on Wednesday the 24th of April in 2013 in the Savar Upazila of Dhaka, Bangladesh. The building collapsed at around 8:45am and took the lives of around 1,137 people.
Around 3,639 worked in the five different factories housed in the Rana Plaza building making garments for big fashion brands in the West, 80% of which are young women between the ages of 18 and 20
Workers of the factory worked an average of 14 hours every day totalling 100 hours a week with only two days off every month earning betwen 12 cent an hour for young 'helpers' and 24 cent an hour for senior sewers.
The day previous to the disaster, workers were evacuated because of a large crack through the building but were told to come back the next day, the next day workers tried to refuse to enter the building if it was unsafe but were told that if they did not go to work they would not be paid for the month meaning they would have no money to provide for their families.
At 8am the power shut off and the generators kicked in causing the eight story building to collapse with all 3,369 people inside.
After the collapse, the search for people lasted over a month with 1,137 people confirmed dead and 200 still missing, including young women and children.
Since 2013, 38 people have been charged with murder for involvement in the disaster.