摘要
The paper examines the the Accord on Fire and Building Safety
in Bangladesh (hereafter the Accord) and the Alliance for Bangladesh Work
ers’ Safety (hereafter the Alliance), two multi-stakeholder agreements (A&A) that were implemented in Bangladesh after the Rana Plaza tragedy. Using survey and focus groups, they collect data from 1500 workers on wages, working hours, job security, and job satisfaction. The regression analysis shows significant positive effects for A&A factories regarding wages when overtime and bonus is taken into account, as well as compulsory overtime and job security. The paper concludes with a discussion on whether these initiatives did indeed represent a paradigm shift in efforts to enforce the rights of workers.