Bangladesh’s government has arrested three supervisors of the factory that saw a deadly fire that killed over 100 garment workers. The factory made products for Walmart, the Disney Company, Sean “P.Diddy” Combs’ clothing line and other US retailers.
Bangladesh Fire Highlights Walmart’s Strategy of Plausible Deniability |
| By: David Dayen Wednesday November 28, 2012 12:19 pm |
Bangladesh Factory Consumed in Fire Made Walmart Clothing |
| By: David Dayen Monday November 26, 2012 2:50 pm |
I briefly mentioned the implications of the Walmart supply chain, and how the insistence of keeping prices low has wide-ranging impacts across the globe. Apparently some of those impacts are completely tragic. A day after shoppers searched for bargains and some workers protested during Black Friday, a garment factory fire in Bangladesh killed hundreds. The [...]



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