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marmar

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Thu Apr 25, 2013, 09:54 PM Apr 2013

Retailers told to put lives before profits after Bangladeshi factory collapse


(Independent UK) Pressure is mounting on high street retailers and leading brands to put lives ahead of profits and safeguard Bangladeshi factory workers as the death toll from the collapse of a building housing clothing manufacturers reached 238.

The factories supplied Britain's Primark and Matalan, as well as Spain's Mango, whilst C&A said it had previous links to one of the contractors.

Tonight rescuers located 40 survivors stranded in the rubble at Savar, near Dhaka, as staff described how they were ordered to continue production despite raising concerns over huge cracks in the eight-storey structure.

US supermarket giant Wall-Mart was also on the factory's clients' list although it has not confirmed this. UK company Premier Clothing said it used suppliers on the sixth and seventh floor of the building. .......................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/retailers-told-to-put-lives-before-profits-after-bangladeshi-factory-collapse-8585698.html



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Retailers told to put lives before profits after Bangladeshi factory collapse (Original Post) marmar Apr 2013 OP
Sad to say...but the Bangladeshi Clothing I've bought was better quality than China... KoKo Apr 2013 #1
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire/ WIKI (Sorry Posting this on Rush) KoKo Apr 2013 #2

KoKo

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1. Sad to say...but the Bangladeshi Clothing I've bought was better quality than China...
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 10:15 PM
Apr 2013

When I needed some dressy tops last Summer I went to local Department Store....and what was there was from China and Bangledesh. The Bangledesh clothing had "stretch" in the Tops the China stuff I'd bought before and had shrunk in the "warm wash" was of inferior quality to what they were producing in Bangledesh. (probably due to the Designer and Quality Control of the Store) ...but, the quality was noticeably better than the China Products.

Spell Check on DU says I'm spelling Bangledesh incorrectly. Whatever...sorry about that...

Anyway...It's terrible about those 200 workers. Reminds me of the ShirtWaist Fire in NYC where immigrants perished. When we used to have the "Sweat Shops" there in NYC years ago.

Just saying ...if anyone else needed nice tops in the past two years...maybe you saw the same thing I did...or NOT.

KoKo

(84,711 posts)
2. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire/ WIKI (Sorry Posting this on Rush)
Thu Apr 25, 2013, 10:20 PM
Apr 2013
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
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Coordinates: 40°43?48?N 73°59?43?W
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire Image of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire on March 25 - 1911.jpg
Date March 25, 1911
Time 4:40 PM (local time)
Location Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Deaths 146
Injuries 71



The building's east side, with 40 bodies on the sidewalk. Two of the victims were found alive an hour after the photo was taken.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York and resulted in the fourth highest loss of life from an industrial accident in U.S. history. It was also the second deadliest disaster in New York City – after the burning of the General Slocum on June 15, 1904 – until the destruction of the World Trade Center 90 years later. The fire caused the deaths of 146 garment workers, who died from the fire, smoke inhalation, or falling or jumping to their deaths. Most of the victims were recent Jewish and Italian immigrant women aged sixteen to twenty-three;[1][2][3] of the victims whose ages are known, the oldest victim was Providenza Panno at 43, and the youngest were 14-year-olds Kate Leone and "Sara" Rosaria Maltese.[4]

Because the managers had locked the doors to the stairwells and exits – a common practice at the time to prevent pilferage and unauthorized breaks[5] – many of the workers who could not escape the burning building jumped from the eighth, ninth, and tenth floors to the streets below. The fire led to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards and helped spur the growth of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union, which fought for better working conditions for sweatshop workers.

The factory was located in the Asch Building, at 23–29 Washington Place, now known as the Brown Building, which has been designated a National Historic Landmark and a New York City landmark.[6]


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