New Orleans The death count has now passed 340 workers in the horrific collapse of the 8-story garment factory in Bangladesh. Buried as well in the latest story in the Times is the understated indictment of another hollow and ineffective outside inspection of these garment plants as part of corporate social responsibility monitoring agreements that …
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Sweatshop Inspection Plan and Demanding Continued Mortgage Cleanup
New Orleans Sweatshops: Talking about a new garment industry inspection and morintoring plan that makes more sense, here is one from labor that is being readied for launch in Bangladesh. At this point it is an “if and when” agreement though signed by only two groups, PVH, owner of Hilfiger and Calvin Klein brands, and …
Worker Poverty in Sweat Shopping
New Orleans An article by Ken Silverstein in Harper’s Magazine in the January 2010 issue labeled a “letter from Cambodia” and entitled “Shopping for Sweat: The Human Cost of a Two-Dollar T-shirt” caught by eye immediately because of the controversy around Jeff Ballinger’s critique on the infinitesimally small progress that workers have made after years …