"Bangladesh building collapse kills at least 123, injures more than 1,000"

[applegrove]

Bangladesh building collapse kills at least 123, injures more than 1,000

By Farid Ahmed, for CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/24/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse/index.html

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At first, the workers said, managers ordered workers not to report to work on Wednesday.

Later, the factory owners reversed the order, telling workers that the building was safe, said Marjina Begum, who worked on the sixth floor. Many workers were hesitant to show up Wednesday but reported to work because they were afraid of losing their jobs, she said. More than a dozen other workers corroborated her story.

Managers for the garment manufacturers housed inside the building could not be immediately reached for comment.

M. Atiqul Islam, president of the garment manufacturers association, told reporters Wednesday evening that owners kept the factories open after the building's owner assured them that there would be no problems with the cracks that appeared on Tuesday.


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[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. I wonder how many stories like this we can continue to absorb... n/t

[applegrove]

2. There is nothing in the profit motive that suggests corporations or business should be regulating

themselves on safety issues.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

3. Which is why we shouldn't be standing still for it..

I feel as though the corporations now have a stranglehold on people worldwide. 15 killed, 200 injured in Texas, 123 dead in Bangladesh... in goes on week after week after week. At what point do ordinary people say enough already?

[Demo_Chris]

4. Well said!

[reformist2]

5. 2,500 garment workers - in an 8-story building??? This story needs a lot more attention.

We need to make more people aware of why clothes are so cheap these days.... maybe scenes like this will make them think twice about labor conditions. Maybe.

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/25/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse/index.html?eref=rss_mostpopular

[kentuck]

6. Other businesses in the same building did not show up for work...

Only the poor garment workers. There's a lesson too late for the learning.