Here is a must read article for U.S. citizens regarding how our government continues to purchase clothing from companies who do not comply with fair labor practices. Ian Urbina highlights some staggering statistics such as these: Continue reading
Scores Dead When Factory Collapses in Bangladesh
A.M. Ahad/Associated Press April 24, 2013
Mohammed Sohel Rana, the fugitive owner of an illegally-constructed building that collapsed last week in Bangladesh, is produced before the media by Rapid Action Battalion commandoes in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, April 28, 2013. Rana was arrested near the land border in Benapole in western Bangladesh, just as he was about to flee into India’s West Bengal state, said Jahangir Kabir Nanak, junior minister for local government,. (AP Photo/Palash Khan)
I have been remiss in not reporting on the factory collapse last week in Bangladesh. If there is any good news from this story it is this: the factory owner, Mohammed Sohel Rana, has been arrested just before he was to flee the country. So often these factory owners disappear, never to be seen again, while leaving death and destruction in their path. Continue reading
This may seem slightly off target for this blog but I just watched an interesting video from The New York Times library that I want to share. Continue reading
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