ITALIAN UNION SAYS IT WILL PUSH FOR SAFETY REFORMS AFTER FATAL FACTORY FIRE
November 3rd, 2013
Italy’s most powerful trade union has pledged to campaign to expose black market practices and assert workers’ rights in the clothing industry after a fatal fire at a Chinese -run garment factory in Tuscany, Italy early yesterday.The Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (CGIL) hit out after seven people died when the blaze swept through an illegal dormitory in the roof space of the factory on the Macrolotto industrial estate near Prato. Four others were injured. Police and fire brigade investigations are continuing.Prato has become a magnet for ...
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