Relatives mourn as they look for garment workers, missing after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Savar, outside Dhaka May 2, 2013. 
 
 Relatives mourn as they look for a garment worker, who is missing after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Savar, outside Dhaka May 2, 2013. 
 
 The remaining standing part of the collapsed Rana Plaza building collapses during a rescue operation by the army in Savar May 2, 2013. 
 
 Relatives show pictures of garment workers, who are missing after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building, as they react to media in Savar, outside Dhaka May 2, 2013. 
 
 People cover their noses as they gather in front of mass graves during the burial of unidentified garment workers, who died in the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Savar, in Dhaka May 1, 2013. 
 
 Relatives wait as they look for a garment worker, who is missing after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building, in Savar, outside Dhaka May 2, 2013. 
 
 Relatives mourn as they look for a garment worker, who is missing after the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Savar, outside Dhaka May 2, 2013. 
 
 DHAKA (Reuters) - The mayor of the Bangladesh municipality where a factory building collapsed killing more than 400 people was suspended from office on Thursday, a government minister said, as rescuers pressed on with the task of recovering bodies from the wreckage. 
 
 The scale of the April 24 disaster has prompted a worldwide outcry at poor safety and pay in many factories making clothes for Western brands, with Pope Francis on Wednesday likening the conditions of workers who died to "slave labor". 
 
 The salvage operation remained slow despite the heavy machinery now being used to clear the rubble of Rana Plaza, in Dhaka's commercial suburb of Savar, with a handful more bodies found on Thursday taking the death toll to 430. 
 
 "We are working here round the clock," army spokesman Shahinul Islam said. "Rescue operations are taking time as everything is being done with utmost caution." 
 
 Junior minister for local government Jagangir Kabir Nanak told reporters that Savar's mayor, Mohammad Refat Ullah, had been suspended for approving the construction of Rana Plaza. 
 
 A senior official from the state-run Capital Development Authority (CDA) said last week that the Savar municipality did not have the authority to grant the permit it had issued for a five-storey building at the site, and that three more floors had been illegally added to the building. 
 
 "We won't spare anyone... actions will be taken against all who are responsible for the tragedy," Nanak said. 
 
 The building's owner, Mohammed Sohel Rana, and his father, Abdul Khalek, are among eight people arrested so far, and police are seeking a fifth factory boss, Spanish citizen David Mayor. 
 
 There were about 3,000 people inside the complex, which was built on swampy land, when it collapsed. About 2,500 people have been rescued, many injured, but many remain unaccounted for. 
 
 About 40 unidentified victims were buried on Wednesday. One woman at the cemetery collapsed into tears when she recognized the body of her sister by her dress. 
 
 EU WARNING 
 
 The European Union has said it is considering trade action against Bangladesh, which has preferential access to EU markets for its garments, to pressure Dhaka to improve safety standards. 
 
 Duty-free access offered by Western countries and low wages have helped turn Bangladesh's garment exports into a $19 billion a year industry, with 60 percent of clothes going to Europe. 
 
 Any action by the EU on Bangladesh's duty-free and quota-free access would require the agreement of all member states and could take more than a year to implement. 
 
 Garment factories, which together produce about 80 percent of Bangladesh's exports, re-opened on Thursday as workers returned to their machines following days of sometimes violent protests over the disaster. 
 
 With local anger growing over the country's worst industrial accident, a delegation from the International Labour Organization met Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina in Dhaka on Wednesday to offer support and press for action to prevent any more such incidents. 
 
 The EU had already urged Bangladesh to adhere to ILO standards in January after two factory fires, including one last November in which 112 people died. 
 
 A European Union official said the latest EU statement, issued late on Tuesday, was "a shot across the bows". "We want to turn up the diplomatic heat on them and get them to sit down and discuss this with us. 
 
 About 3.6 million people work in Bangladesh's garment industry, making it the world's second-largest apparel exporter behind China. The industry employs mostly women, some of whom earn as little as $38 a month. 
 
 Pope Francis added to pressure for change in his toughest remarks on workers' rights since his election on March 13. 
 
 "Living on 38 euros ($50) a month -- that was the pay of these people who died. That is called slave labour," Francis said in a private impromptu sermon at his personal morning Mass in his residence, Vatican Radio reported. 
 
 Clothes made in five factories at Rana Plaza were produced for retailers in Europe and Canada. 
 
 (Writing by Alex Richardson; Editing by Ron Popeski) ||||| Rescuers found more bodies in the concrete debris of a collapsed garment factory building Thursday and authorities say it may take another five days to clear the rubble. 
 
 Relatives of victims from the garment factory building collapse grieve at a morgue on Wednesday May 1, 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh where a building housing garment factories that collapsed last week in... (Associated Press) 
 
 A woman weeps as she watches unclaimed bodies brought to a cemetery from the garment factory building collapse in preparation for a mass burial on Wednesday May 1, 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Several hundred... (Associated Press) 
 
 Relatives of victims from the garment factory building collapse grieve at a morgue on Wednesday May 1, 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh where a building housing garment factories that collapsed last week in... (Associated Press) 
 
 Relatives of victims from the garment factory building collapse grieve at a morgue on Wednesday May 1, 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh where a building housing garment factories that collapsed last week in... (Associated Press) 
 
 Workers off-load coffins at a morgue on Wednesday May 1, 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh where a building housing garment factories that collapsed last week in the country's worst industrial disaster, left... (Associated Press) 
 
 Workers bury unclaimed bodies from the garment factory building collapse in preparation for a mass burial on Wednesday May 1, 2013 in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Several hundred people attended a mass funeral... (Associated Press) 
 
 A woman shows an officer a picture of her sister as she arrives in hopes of finding her among unclaimed bodies brought to a cemetery from the garment factory building collapse in preparation for a mass... (Associated Press) 
 
 In addition to the 430 confirmed dead, police report that 149 people are still missing in what has become the worst disaster for Bangladesh's $20 billion-a-year garment industry. 
 
 Maj. Gen. Chowdhury Hassan Suhrawardy, the commander of the area's army garrison supervising the rescue work, dismissed reports that up to 1,000 people were missing and accusations from some relatives that authorities are hiding the bodies to keep the death toll low. 
 
 "Don't listen to such rumors," he told reporters. 
 
 A mass Muslim funeral was held Wednesday for 34 victims whose bodies were too battered or decomposed to be identified. Cemetery workers have dug several long rows of graves where scores more unidentified bodies are expected to be buried in the coming days. 
 
 Suhrawardy said Thursday that 20 bodies were recovered overnight, bringing the death toll to 430. Rescue workers believe more bodies are buried on the building's ground level, and were using cranes and cutting machines to clear tons of rubble. 
 
 Five garment factories occupied upper floors of the eight-story Rana Plaza building that collapsed April 24, a day after huge cracks appeared in the building and police ordered an evacuation. The owner of the building is accused of telling tenants it was safe despite the order. 
 
 The disaster and a garment factory fire five months earlier that killed 112 people highlight the unsafe conditions plaguing Bangladesh's garment industry, which supplies many global retailers. 
 
 Mohammed Sohel Rana is under arrest and expected to be charged with negligence, illegal construction and forcing workers to join work, which is punishable by a maximum of seven years in jail. Authorities have not said if more serious crimes will be added. 
 
 The Bangladesh High Court has ordered the government to confiscate Rana's property and freeze the assets of the owners of the factories in Rana Plaza so the money can be used to pay the salaries of their workers. 
 
 Rana had permission to build five stories but added three more illegally. After the cracks appeared, a bank and some shops refused to open but factory managers told their workers to go back in. Hours later the building came down in a heap of concrete. 
 
 Among the garment makers in the building were Phantom Apparels, Phantom Tac, Ether Tex, New Wave Style and New Wave Bottoms.
– The death toll in April's Bangladesh building collapse just keeps rising, and more officials are paying a price, Reuters reports. The mayor of Savar, the suburb near Dhaka where the building stood, has been suspended from office. Mayor Mohammad Refat Ullah had signed off on the Rana Plaza building's construction, a local minister said. But Savar lacked the rights to provide the building permit, another official noted. "We won't spare anyone," said the local minister. "Actions will be taken against all who are responsible for the tragedy." The scope of that tragedy just keeps increasing: With 20 more bodies found overnight with the assistance of cranes and cutting machines, 430 people are now confirmed dead and 149 missing. Officials outside Bangladesh may also take a stand on worker safety: The European Union is taking a hard look at a trade deal that offers Bangladesh a leg up in EU markets. Europe gets 60% of the country's garment exports, Reuters notes. "We want to turn up the diplomatic heat on them and get them to sit down and discuss this with us," an EU official said earlier this week. Pope Francis, meanwhile, hasn't minced words in making his views known. The clean-up process could take another five days, the AP notes.