Nearly three years after H&M promised to make its factories safe, workers are still risking their lives to sew H&M clothing.

As H&M shareholders meet in Sweden on May 3rd, activists around the world are calling on the company to keep its safety promise!

Three years ago, on April 24, 2013, 1134 workers were killed in the deadliest disaster in the history of the global garment industry. The collapse of Rana Plaza, a building in Bangladesh that housed five factories producing clothes for global fashion brands, could have been prevented if the brands, and the factories they use, had done basic safety checks and repairs.

In May 2013, just weeks after this horrific tragedy, H&M became the first company to sign the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety, a legally-binding agreement to bring supplier factories into compliance with national and international building standards. H&M is the largest buyer of made-in-Bangladesh clothing, sourcing from 229 factories in the country. Under the terms of the Accord, all of H&M’s supplier factories in Bangladesh have been inspected for structural, fire, and electrical safety by qualified engineers, with an unprecedented level of transparency. These inspections uncovered safety violations in every single factory. In signing the Accord, H&M also committed itself to ensuring the necessary renovations in its supplier factories were carried out in a timely manner. However, according to research by four watchdog organizations, the majority of H&M’s strategic suppliers still lack adequate fire exits.

The outstanding renovations include the installation of fire-proof doors, the removal of lockable or sliding doors from fire exits, and the enclosure of stairwells. Until these renovations are completed at all H&M suppliers, many workers may be unable to safely exit their factory in an emergency. The latest of these emergencies was a huge fire in February 2016 at Matrix Sweaters factory, an H&M supplier. Luckily, the fire occurred about an hour before workers were set to start their shifts, and so there weren’t many injuries. Not all workers at H&M supplier factories have been so lucky: In 2010, 21 workers died in a fire at H&M supplier Garib & Garib, which lacked proper fire exits.

Please join us on May 3^rd to call on H&M to ensure the required safety renovations at its suppliers in Bangladesh so that there are no more Matrix Sweaters, Garib & Garibs or Rana Plazas!

This demonstration is part of the Global Day of Action for Safe Factories, organized by Clean Clothes Campaign, International Labor Rights Forum, and United Students Against Sweatshops

For more information about this campaign and to send a letter to H&M, visit http://www.hmbrokenpromises.com. Please tweet your solidarity using #hmbrokenpromises.