Heat stress: who foots the bill?

ITHACA – Bangladesh’s garment workers face a heat-stress season that now stretches from late March to the end of October, according to fresh research from Cornell University’s Global Labor Institute (GLI).

The report, Six Seasons, Four Summers: How to Solve Fashion’s High Heat Problem, draws on research in eight factories around Dhaka. Researchers combined factory and home sensor readings with worker interviews and engineering assessments.