Months After the Bangladesh Clothing Factory Disaster, It’s Still Not Clear Who’s Going to Pay the Victims
Walmart and Benetton ducked a meeting in Geneva today on restitution.
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There’s a Reason They Call It a Supply ‘Chain’
The garment industry finds that oversight of its far-off contractors is back in fashion. How tightly the industry wants to regulate itself is a matter of style.
Were Your Clothes Made in a Bangladeshi Factory?
After the deadly building collapse in Bangladesh, Walmart released a list of factories it had banned. But it has continued receiving shipments from two of them.
Should We Retire the Word ‘Sweatshop’?
Sweatshops are great political targets for unions, who have incentives to drive up the price of manufacturing abroad. But better building inspectors is a rare union demand, at least compared to longer break times and higher wages.