Sweatshops Oppression
The most retail companies put profit above all else, exploited sweatshop workers constantly experience misery and sometimes even tragedy.
On Nov. 24, more than 112 Bangladeshi workers were burned to death, trapped in a locked sweatshop sewing garments for Wall-Mart, Disney, Sears, Sean Combs Target and others.
Feeling pressure from the above retailers to sew clothing at a frantic pace and get it shipped out in time for the Christmas shopping rush, management at the Tureen garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, had been forcing employees for the last three months to work 12-hour shifts, six and seven days a week, for less than 27 cents an hour.
Charles Kernaghan, executive director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, told me the factory was a death trap.
"Retailers like Wal-Mart knew the Tazreen factory was a dangerous sweatshop which had dangerous working condition and in most cases bribed the health and safety inspector to keep there fancies work . This was a nine story building with no exterior fire escapes or fireproof stairwells. All the windows were locked shut. There were just three stairways and are norrow, all of which led down to the ground floor warehouse.
"The minute the fire broke out, the workers were trapped as the warehouse was engulfed in flames. On top of this, the supervisors and managers tried to prevent the workers from fleeing by closing the collapsible gates and [padlocking] them."
I think they don't care about there safety only about making money.
Why I Chose This Topic:
I chose this topic as it is a big problem in our world and it has been talked about over and over again on the news but no one is doing anything about it. I also chose this, as it shows how many people in developing countries have no human rights, which every human being is entitled to. Developing countries like Bangladesh have very weak governments that means that their rules and rights are really weak and that is why many companies have set up factories in developing countries that and it is much cheaper than setting it up in a developed country.
By Giorgio B.
The most retail companies put profit above all else, exploited sweatshop workers constantly experience misery and sometimes even tragedy.
On Nov. 24, more than 112 Bangladeshi workers were burned to death, trapped in a locked sweatshop sewing garments for Wall-Mart, Disney, Sears, Sean Combs Target and others.
Feeling pressure from the above retailers to sew clothing at a frantic pace and get it shipped out in time for the Christmas shopping rush, management at the Tureen garment factory outside Dhaka, Bangladesh, had been forcing employees for the last three months to work 12-hour shifts, six and seven days a week, for less than 27 cents an hour.
Charles Kernaghan, executive director of the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, told me the factory was a death trap.
"Retailers like Wal-Mart knew the Tazreen factory was a dangerous sweatshop which had dangerous working condition and in most cases bribed the health and safety inspector to keep there fancies work . This was a nine story building with no exterior fire escapes or fireproof stairwells. All the windows were locked shut. There were just three stairways and are norrow, all of which led down to the ground floor warehouse.
"The minute the fire broke out, the workers were trapped as the warehouse was engulfed in flames. On top of this, the supervisors and managers tried to prevent the workers from fleeing by closing the collapsible gates and [padlocking] them."
I think they don't care about there safety only about making money.
Why I Chose This Topic:
I chose this topic as it is a big problem in our world and it has been talked about over and over again on the news but no one is doing anything about it. I also chose this, as it shows how many people in developing countries have no human rights, which every human being is entitled to. Developing countries like Bangladesh have very weak governments that means that their rules and rights are really weak and that is why many companies have set up factories in developing countries that and it is much cheaper than setting it up in a developed country.
By Giorgio B.