Switzerland-based global trade unions IndustriALL Global Union and UNIGlobal Union and leading fashion brand representatives announced in an agreement in Paris, to continue a safety program involving thousands of garment factories in Bangladesh for another three years.

The current five-year campaign for fire and building safety expires next May and involves only European brands. Another group of North American brands is working separately to improve safety conditions in Bangladesh.

Following the collapse in 2013 of Rana Plaza, which killed more than 1,130 workers and injured 2,500 others, highlighted grim conditions in the country’s garment industry, which is the second largest in the world.