Bangladesh is monitoring the activities of Accord and Alliance. Garment makers say, Accord in particular has got involved in labor-management issues in some factories and is engaged in activities that are supposed to be beyond its purview. Accord is trying to induce workers of some factories to communicate with labor leaders and participate in trade unions.

The government will monitor all activities of the two global groups. There are allegations that Accord and Alliance are exercising extra sovereign power and their activities have now become a noose for the apparel industry. Accord and Alliance have clearly defined areas of jurisdiction that do not overlap.

The Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety was founded by a group of North American apparel companies and retailers and brands who have joined together to develop and launch the Bangladesh Worker Safety Initiative, a binding five-year undertaking. Collectively, these Alliance members represent the overwhelming majority of North American importers of readymade garments from Bangladesh, produced in more than 580 factories.

Accord, led mostly by European buyers, was signed on May 15, 2013. It is a five-year independent, legally binding agreement between global brands and retailers and trade unions to build a safe and healthy Bangladeshi readymade garment industry.