# Research from the Center for Business and Human Rights on worker safety in the apparel industry is referenced

1 School News April 23, 2019 ![The Telegraph logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_030730.jpg?itok=e3z8lcuP)>

Excerpt from [The Telegraph](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/04/23/appointment-met-oppositionrubana-huq-first-female-chief-bangladesh/) -- "According to a report by New York University's Stern Centre, 71 workers died annually in Bangladeshi factories before the Rana Plaza incident. Since the Accord was signed, that figure has fallen to 17."

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