Fashion by Famine: Clothing manufacturers exploit the poor

[LongTomH]

Bangladesh is one of the places where international clothing manufacturers go for low labor costs. Workers in the factories of these international corporations suffer from poverty level wages, and inhumane working conditions - including a lack of safety regulations.

[Dustlawyer]

1. Might as well call them "District 12" and America is the "Capitol" if you know anything about the

Hunger Games.

[ProfessionalLeftist]

2. Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Revisited - Bangladeshi Style n/t

[Overseas]

4. Eerily similar. I agree.

[Overseas]

3. But we were told free trade would lift foreign working conditions and protect their workers.

Instead, when one country's workers demand raises or better working conditions, the manufacturers move elsewhere.

[PDJane]

5. Free trade would. Outsourcing won't.