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In reply to the discussion: How much did that cute little dress bought at Target cost? 187 lives [View all]femmocrat
(28,394 posts)11. I would like to see a list, too.
On the same page as the link, there was an article about Walmart investing S1.6 million in safety "training" at some of those
plants. I am no defender of Walmart, but the article does give some additional information on the subject.
Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/09/walmart-bangladesh-factories-idUSL2N0CV0U720130409
On edit: One of the benefits of having a list of retailers would be to publicize those retailers in the event consumers would wish to boycott them or their merchandise.
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Just a few months after the clothing factory fire that killed more than 100
Union Scribe
Apr 2013
#1
Our government could help put an end to this 'bargain basement shopping for slave labor'
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#2
A few real Democrats tried to introduce such legislation ten years ago. Naturally it went
sabrina 1
Apr 2013
#10
Has anyone seen an article that lists which retailers were selling these items?
femmocrat
Apr 2013
#3
Big K&R -- This is at the core of what is wrong with the values we have allowed to domionate
Armstead
Apr 2013
#9
Our government should do much more, but purchasers of these garments are not without blame. (links)
NYC_SKP
Apr 2013
#12
Agreed. I talk to my kids a lot about it. We look at the made-in label of everything we buy and talk
Brickbat
Apr 2013
#20
I'll admit, I used to be a spur-of-the-moment shopper at Target who would pick up cute, cheap
Brickbat
Apr 2013
#28
I hate to say it, but wages won't go up UNTIL consumers change the landscape
BrotherIvan
Apr 2013
#27
"None of us wanted to go in. The bosses came after us with beating sticks. In the end we were forced
drokhole
Apr 2013
#36
I never heard of Matthew Yglesias before someone posted that article in another comments section...
drokhole
Apr 2013
#47
Exactly. It depends on whether it was a high-end sweatshop or a low-end sweatshop. :p
reformist2
Apr 2013
#43
So a bunch of Bangladeshis treat their fellow citizens like shit and it is the US's fault.
CBGLuthier
Apr 2013
#51