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And then you have people on here supporting this exploitation as if it is the fault of the consumer and not the ones in control of foreign economic policy. As long as there is a profit involved, the policy makers are fine to ignore it...unless of course, it infringes on their profits, then gee, we may need to get the military involved.
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Originally Posted by ellemint
The Bangladesh garment workers, primarily women, work 10 to 16 hours a day, six days a week, and make about $38 a month. They are supposedly the lowest paid in the world for this type of work. Even the Chinese are turning to Bangladesh for garment manufacturing. It makes me feel sick to read about how these workers are exploited.
Also workers who were injured in the recent garment factory fire "are struggling to pay for their treatment as neither the government, nor the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporter’s Association (BGMEA), nor factory owners have come forward to help them.”
Fires in these garment factories are not an unusual event.
At the same time "global giants like Walmart continue to maintain the pressure on suppliers and factories to lower prices, inevitably leading to deteriorating, not improving, working conditions."
Fires in these garment factories are not an unusual event.
At the same time "global giants like Walmart continue to maintain the pressure on suppliers and factories to lower prices, inevitably leading to deteriorating, not improving, working conditions."
And then you have people on here supporting this exploitation as if it is the fault of the consumer and not the ones in control of foreign economic policy. As long as there is a profit involved, the policy makers are fine to ignore it...unless of course, it infringes on their profits, then gee, we may need to get the military involved.
The U.S. has no problem trying to exert its policies in places like Afghanistan. There is no reason the federal government could not put into place trade policies that ensure that products made for American companies like Walmart are not made in sweat-shops. Bangladesh will never do that itself.
Their government won't act. The garment trade provides 80 % of Bangladesh's exports. "Workers' groups in Bangladesh are asking companies that contract with suppliers there to enter binding agreements requiring independent factory inspections. It's so little to ask. If foreign governments won't protect their people, U.S. companies doing business there still can and should."
At the site of the fire that recently killed 112 workers "there was no emergency exit in the factory, and the doors were reportedly locked to prevent workers from leaving or stealing. Some hurled themselves out of windows."
In a prepared statement, Wal-Mart said it has been "working across the apparel industry to improve fire safety education and training in Bangladesh." Yet the owner of the burned factory said he didn't know he was even required to have a fire escape.
There are no activists over there and the government doesn't care.
When the people finally get fed up enough they will act.
Chinese workers are just now waking up. How long did it take them ?
There are activists---only they put their lives at risk.
Aminul Islam, a former garment worker, was president of the Ashulia and Savar chapters of the Bangladesh Garment & Industrial Workers Federation and a leader of the Bangladesh Center of Worker Solidarity, which has advocated for improved working conditions and higher wages.
Islam had recently been working to organize workers in factories producing clothing for multiple American companies including Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, and Ralph Lauren. He had also assisted ABC News in setting up interviews with survivors of a recent factory fire in Bangladesh.
In April 2012 his body was found by the side of the road. He had been tortured and killed.
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Islam had recently been working to organize workers in factories producing clothing for multiple American companies including Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, and Ralph Lauren. He had also assisted ABC News in setting up interviews with survivors of a recent factory fire in Bangladesh.
In April 2012 his body was found by the side of the road. He had been tortured and killed.
That may well be true, but it's events like these that will wake the myopic people up into forcing change.
No good just pandering to the cronies.
One must fight for their rights, not wait for a handout.
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