| inbluevt | Date: Thursday, 2013/04/25, 8:52 PM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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April 25, 2013 |
The death toll from a garment building collapse in Dhaka, Bangladesh climbed to at least 200 Thursday, more than doubling initial reports, according to the Associated Press. The updated body count comes amid revelations that factory owners
ignored police orders to evacuate the property, leaving more than 2,000
mostly female workers to perish in a ramshackle building.
As search crews combed through the rubble for survivors, NGOs and activists spoke out against Western corporations that push international
manufacturers to cut costs at the expense of workers’ lives. According
to the New York Times, activists discovered labels and documents in the wreckage from Walmart,
the Spanish brand Mango, British chain Primark, Dutch retailer C &
A, Benetton and Cato Fashions.
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