The death toll in Bangladesh has reached 377 and they expect

[malaise]

the number to rise.
At least the owner of the building has been arrested, but I think every owner/manager of factories in the building who forced people to work that day should also be charged.

[Whisp]

1. :(

[timdog44]

2. This is the result

of outsourcing. The clothes they were making were destined to the racks of merchandisers in America. Walmart was one that was mentioned. Who were the ultimate owners? Low, low pay. No safety regulations. No regard for the age of the workers. No regard for the number of hours worked. No regulations or standards. No pensions. No workers compensation. No health care. No morals. No ethics. This is an example of globalization.

[bluestate10]

3. Walmart was mentioned, but Penny's, Sears, Macy's and a host of other US retailers

shouldn't be let off the hook. Slave wage factories build merchandise for ALL of them, the only differences are in designs and raw materials that are used. We are to blame also, some of us buy the stuff and others of us likely own the stock of the holding companies of the US retailers.

[timdog44]

4. My wife is

signing a petition as I write this. Walmart, H & M, and The Gap are the biggies who buy there clothes in Bangladesh. I guess that includes Sears and Old Navy. I am not sure if petition signing does any good, but we so it, and already do not buy clothes at these places. We will have to redouble our efforts to inspect where our clothes come from. The problem being that almost everything we buy comes from some slave labor producer. Again I say globalization is a killer in so many ways. Some people justify it by saying these people at least have jobs. But the jobs they have provide nothing other that over 80 hours of work a week, no family life and no quality. Plus the jobs are ones that have been taken away from American workers. And the price of the "saved" labor does not get passed on to consumers.

[cali]

5. Benetton as well

and yes Sears and also J.C. Penney