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Correction: Retailers-Bangladesh story
NEW YORK (AP) — In a story May 15 about retailers' reactions to a proposal aimed at making garment factories safer in Bangladesh, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Gap wouldn't sign on unless it would be free of any legal liability....Tags: Groceries, Labor Legislation, Bangladesh, Plant Openings, Hennes & Mauritz AB
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Bangladesh and its workers
Another tragedy at a Bangladesh clothing factory, another announcement by Wal-Mart about additional steps it will take to beef up worker safety, this time by inspecting all of its suppliers' facilities itself. Not that the retailing giant hasn't made real...Tags: Labor Legislation, Health and Safety at Work, Bangladesh, Walmart, Career and Workplace
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Part of Cambodian shoe factory collapses, killing 2 workers
Associated PressPHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — The ceiling of a Cambodian factory that makes Asics sneakers collapsed on workers early Thursday, killing two people and injuring seven, in the latest accident spotlighting the often lethal safety conditions faced by...Tags: Labor Legislation, Work Rules Contract Issues, Bangladesh, European Union, Career and Workplace
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The cost of no sweatshops: S. Africa struggles not to be Bangladesh
ReutersBy Jon Herskovitz NEWCASTLE, South Africa, May 16 (Reuters) - It's not luxurious, but Goldfinch Garments, the Chinese-owned South African factory where Sindisizwe Zwane works nine hours a day, is far from a sweatshop: the ventilation is decent, the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Employment Opportunities, Bangladesh, Career and Workplace, Africa
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Bangladesh factories shut by worker protests to reopen Friday
ReutersDHAKA (Reuters) - Bangladesh will reopen more than 300 garment factories on Friday, ending a three-day forced closure due to worker protests over pay and working conditions after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 people. A series of deadly...Tags: Labor Legislation, Dhaka (Bangladesh), Health and Safety at Work, Bangladesh, Employees
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U.S., European groups divided on how to improve Bangladesh factories
Reuters(Reuters) - A trans-Atlantic divide between European and U.S. retailers over how best to respond to fatal disasters in Bangladesh textile factories split wide open on Wednesday, with U.S. retailers claiming their European counterparts are giving labor...Tags: Groceries, Labor Legislation, Work Rules Contract Issues, Bangladesh, Disasters and Accidents
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WRAPUP 3-As some retailers back Bangladesh accord, U.S. group lashes out
ReutersBy Jessica Wohl May 15 (Reuters) - An accord designed to prevent another deadly disaster in Bangladesh's garment industry drew sharp criticism from a major U.S. retail trade group on Wednesday, which said it would constrain legal rights of U.S....Tags: Labor Legislation, Work Rules Contract Issues, Bangladesh, Gap Inc., Career and Workplace
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Walmart checks Bangladesh factories; retailer accord elusive
Reuters(Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc stepped up Bangladesh factory inspections while U.S. and European retailers pursued separate accords to try to prevent another disaster in a garment industry where more than 1,200 workers have died in the past six months....Tags: Groceries, Labor Legislation, United Kingdom, China, Work Rules Contract Issues
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More than a dozen retailers sign on to safety pact; most US brands look for alternatives
AP Retail WriterNEW YORK (AP) — While several more global clothing chains on Tuesday were announcing that they agreed to a historic pact to improve factory conditions in Bangladesh, U.S. retailers were scrambling to come up with their own safety plans. A total...Tags: Groceries, Labor Legislation, United Kingdom, Work Rules Contract Issues, Bangladesh
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Morton 'Jerry' Baum, education fund director
Morton "Jerry" Baum, founder and executive director of the Fund for Educational Excellence and a retired clothing manufacturing executive who was a tireless champion of city public schools, died May 5 from complications of Parkinson's disease at his...
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Bangladesh holds mass prayer at wreckage of building collapse that killed 1,127
Associated PressDHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Thousands of mourners gathered Tuesday at the wreckage of a Bangladeshi garment factory building to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the structure's collapse last month, the worst tragedy in the...Tags: Labor Legislation, Work Rules Contract Issues, Disasters and Accidents, Bangladesh, Clothing, Accessories, and Shoes
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Thick paint covers cracks at Bangladesh factory Walmart cited
ReutersBy Nazimuddin Shyamol CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, May 14 (Reuters) - Garment workers stitched clothing on Tuesday at a Bangladesh factory that Wal-Mart Stores Inc had asked the government to shut down because of safety concerns, three weeks after the...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Industrial Production, Bangladesh, Economy, Business and Finance, Walmart
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