Activists marked the anniversary of a deadly factory disaster in Bangladesh Thursday by protesting a retail chain they claim owes millions in compensation to victims’ families.

B.C. Federation of Labour members gathered at Metrotown Mall to picket The Children’s Place, which had a supplier in the Rana Plaza factory that collapsed and killed 1,135 people in April 2013.

Protesters marched through the mall carrying signs and chanting, “Hey now, what do you know? Children’s Place has blood on their clothes.”

The Federation’s Irene Lanzinger said the company owes $8 million in compensation to victims’ families, but has only paid a fraction of that.

“Their contribution has been $450,000,” Lanzinger said. “The Children’s Place should pay fair compensation.”

Labour activists also want the clothing retailer to sign The Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh, an independent agreement that has already been signed by 150 companies.

“That accord would provide for inspections, it would provide for safe conditions,” Lanzinger said. “The workers have been part of crafting that accord and we want all Canadian retailers to sign.”

In a statement on its website, The Children’s Place said it has made a “significant contribution” toward the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund, which supports victims and their families.

The company and other retailers donated $2.2 million combined.

“The Children’s Place donation to aid the victims of the Rana Plaza tragedy is incremental to the company’s ongoing work and contributions,” it said.

It also noted it had signed the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety, an initiative that has been criticized as less strict than the workers’ Accord and not legally binding.

The factory collapse was the most massively fatal disaster in the history of the garment industry.

Investigators blamed a number of factors for the eight-story building’s collapse, including that it was overloaded with machines and generators and built on swampy land.

The owner, who is being held in jail pending an unscheduled trial, had also added floors in violation of the original building plan.

With a report from CTV Vancouver’s Michele Brunoro