News

September 2012

1. 

   Safety at work

   ILO announces action plan to boost workplace safety in Pakistani factories

   17 September 2012

   ILO sets out a series of short and medium-term measures in response to the deaths of more than 260 workers in a garment factory in Karachi.

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   News item

   Pakistani factory fire highlights lack of workplace safety measures, says ILO

   12 September 2012

   More needs to be done to protect workers’ safety and health, the ILO says, as Pakistan mourns the deaths of hundreds of workers in a garment factory fire in Karachi.