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Bangladesh
Life and Death at Work: Labor and Occupational Health After Rana Plaza
While consumer activism and trade pressure are important for workplace safety, the rules are made to be broken in places like Bangladesh.
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Walmart, Gap Seek Separate Safety Standards for Bangladesh Factories
Labor advocates are disparaging the new talks, suggesting the results will likely not be binding and thus will not be able to ensure worker safety.
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In Bangladesh, Workers Escalate Demands for Better Working Conditions
Up to 20,000 people took part in protests Monday, with more than 50 people injured by police intervention.
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The End of the Beginning of the End
William Rivers Pitt: The noose is tightening around the necks of average people, and more become radicalized with each passing day.
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Made in Bangladesh
As Bangladesh Toll Hits 400, Calls Grow to Grant Workers the Same Protections as Labels They Make
Todayu2019s global May Day actions include a march of thousands of workers in Bangladesh demanding workplace safety following last weeku2019s factory collapse that left more than 400 dead and …
Economic Update: Crisis/Individual Lives
Economic updates of airline delays, minimum wages for tipped workers, global military spending, and profit-driven Bangladesh building collapse.
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If Bangladesh Can Hold Their Corporate Fatcats Accountable – Then So Can We!
So, how is it that Bangladesh, a third-world nation, can seize the assets of those responsible for the tragic factory collapse and bring them court in just 5 days, …
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Fire Kills at Least 118 Factory Workers at Walmart Supplier in Bangladesh
NGOs slammed Walmart over a fire that killed at least 112 workers at a Bangladesh factory.
Massive Fire Kills at Least 118 Factory Workers in Bangladesh at Walmart Supplier
A clothing factory in Bangladesh that has ties to Wal-Mart suffered a massive fire Saturday that left at least 118 dead.