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Petition Demands Gap, H&M Sign Safety Plan After Bangladesh Fire
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A petition supported by more than 828,000 people called on Gap Inc. and Hennes & Mauritz AB to agree to new fire and safety standards at their suppliers after a fire killed hundreds at a Bangladeshi clothing factory.
Online campaigns group Avaaz is organizing the move, seeking 1 million backers to call on Gap Chief Executive Officer Glenn Murphy and H&M CEO Karl-Johan Persson to sign to an agreement alongside other clothing companies by May 15. A group of international retailers including Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and J.C. Penney Co. met unions and non-government organizations in Germany last month to discuss forming an alliance on improving factory standards.