Tag Archives: sweat shops
Another Bagladeshi sweat shop fire
A fire erupted at a garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka on Thursday morning, sending employees fleeing in terror and raising more questions about safety conditions in Bangladesh less than two months after the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory building claimed more than 1,100 lives. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/world/asia/another-garment-factory-scare-in-bangladesh.html?ref=world Labor activists who rushed to the burning […]
Wal-Mart sweat shops kill another 1100
Newly found documents indicate that apparel had been produced for Wal-Mart at one of the operations in the factory building that collapsed last month, killing more than 1,100 workers. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/15/business/six-retailers-join-bangladesh-factory-pact.html?ref=world The Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity has provided The New York Times with photos of several documents not disputed by Wal-Mart that were recovered in […]
Dirty Babylon 