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Bangladesh disaster crushes owner's ideal of clothes with a conscience
ReutersSAVAR, Bangladesh/MADRID (Reuters) - When Spanish garment maker David Mayor arrived in Bangladesh a decade ago the fashion label he set up had the motto "clothing with a heart". In an industry notorious for harsh working conditions he said he wanted to...Tags: Heavy Engineering, Interpol, Ethics, Plant Openings, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Tesco stops sourcing from a Bangladesh factory due to safety concerns
ReutersLONDON/DHAKA (Reuters) - Tesco, the world's No. 3 retailer, has stopped sourcing clothes from a factory in Bangladesh after discovering serious problems with the safety of the site, the company said on Saturday. The move follows a survey the British-...Tags: Technology, Plant Openings, Consumer Goods Industries, Tesco plc, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
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No new cash for garment industry safety in Bangladesh budget
Reuters* Minister pledges halt to deadly factory incidents * Official had suggested new money would be provided to relocate buildings * Western brands split over how to improve conditions in garment factories By Ruma Paul and Frank Jack Daniel DHAKA, June...Tags: Plant Openings, Labor Legislation, Budgets and Budgeting, Finance, Science and Technology
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From factory to five-star hotel for Bangladesh's 17-day survivor
ReutersDHAKA, June 6 (Reuters) - A teenage seamstress who survived 17 days trapped under the rubble of a collapsed Bangladesh garment factory walked smiling out of a military hospital on Thursday and into a new job in a five-star hotel. "I never dreamed I would...Tags: Loblaw Companies Limited, Bangladesh
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Ten cents more for a T-shirt can save hundreds of lives
St. Louis Post DispatchThe following editorial appeared in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch on Thursday, May 23: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City in 1911 forever made workplaces safer in the United States. The Rana Plaza factory tragedy in Dhaka, Bangladesh,...Tags: JC Penney Company Inc., Plant Openings, Hennes & Mauritz AB, Labor Legislation, Work Rules Contract Issues
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Bangladesh panel to recommend life in prison over building collapse
ReutersBy Serajul Quadir DHAKA, May 21 (Reuters) - A committee investigating a deadly collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh will recommend that nine people detained in connection with the disaster be sentenced to life in prison, the...Tags: House Building, Prisons, Plant Openings, Disasters and Accidents, Punishment
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In Bangladesh, shock may give way to status quo
NEW DELHI — The disaster caused shocking loss of life among young, mostly female garment workers, awoke the conscience of a nation, spotlighted dismal working conditions and spurred loud calls for construction and labor reform. So far, that...Tags: Plant Openings, Labor Legislation, Tommy Hilfiger, Work Rules Contract Issues, Consumers
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Travel nightmare: Dakar, Dhaka — what's the difference?
Sandy Valdivieso and her husband intended to fly from Los Angeles to Dakar, Senegal. They ended up almost 7,000 miles off-course in Dhaka, Bangladesh. How something this bizarre could happen illustrates how a single mix-up on an airline's part can...
Tags: Senegal, Africa, Dakar (Senegal), Travel, Bangladesh
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In Bangladesh, search for bodies from factory collapse ends
NEW DELHI, India — The Bangladesh army announced Monday it would end its search for bodies in the rubble of a garment factory complex that collapsed nearly three weeks ago in a suburb of the capital, Dhaka. Saying they believe they have found...
Tags: Heavy Engineering, Plant Openings, Disasters and Accidents, Consumer Goods Industries, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Deadly factory fire renews outcry in Bangladesh
NEW DELHI -- As Bangladesh struggles to improve its dismal industrial safety record after a massive building collapse last month, another garment industry disaster has raised new cries for reform. Shortly before midnight Wednesday, a fire swept...
Tags: Pakistan, Plant Openings, Consumer Goods Industries, Disasters and Accidents, Clothing and Textiles Industry
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Bangladesh survivor of building collapse rescued
NEW DELHI — In a development described as miraculous, a woman trapped in rubble for 17 days emerged alive Friday from the remains of a building that pancaked just outside Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh. Speaking from her hospital bed, the...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Human Interest, Plant Openings, Disasters and Accidents, Consumer Goods Industries
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