One of the laziest and morally bankrupt arguments people make about apparel workers and the working conditions is that they have governments and those governments need to step in if they want to improve wages. It's up to Bangladesh to decide factory conditions in Bangladesh;...
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Is there an industry as profoundly immoral as the apparel industry, where rich people in rich countries can create a production process where poor people in poor countries die and.
This is a very strong piece of journalism detailing how the United States government contributes to the exploitation of apparel workers around the world. The problem is multifaceted. Some of.
Good news that the European retailers contracting for clothing at the Rana Plaza factory in Bangladesh that collapsed in April and killed 1100 workers have agreed to pay $40 million in compensation. It remains to be seen to what extent the money gets to survivors...
After the Tarzeen fire and Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh over the past year, killing over 1200 workers in total, European companies subcontracting to those factories have stepped up and.
I see the garment industry is up to the same tricks it's been using since before the Triangle Fire, this time stealing wages from Haitian workers. And who could have.
Apparel workers in Bangladesh are on strike and even burning their factories over their bosses refusal to grant a minimum wage of $100 a month. Although the linked article barely mentions the Rana Plaza factory collapse last spring, the resistance of the apparel corporations, particularly...
I endorse all of Robert Kuttner's essay on the need for enforceable standards in the garment industry as the only way disasters like the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh can.
The New York Times continues its run of articles on the garment trade in Bangladesh but once again I am frustrated with them. Saturday's article focused on the Bangladeshi garment.
The apparel industry's terrible toll upon working-class Asians becomes more apparent everyday: "Distressed” jeans are designed to make that wear-and-tear look seem oh-so-effortless, but it can be the result of someone’s body taking a real beating. According to a recent investigation by the advocacy groups...
Why do capitalists move their operations? They do so to maximize profit. But that term is an euphemism that obscures the decisions behind those choices. Profits are great, right! For.
Tomorrow, something called the Global Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety is set to release its plan to improve working conditions in Bangladesh following the April fire that killed more than.