Tag Archives: Garment workers

In Memory – Rana Plaza one year later

Posted on April 24, 2014 by Ken Powell

Today is the anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza building in Dhaka killing 1,136 workers – most of them women. I remember being there in Dhaka when the news broke and agonizing over whether to get on a … Continue reading →

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Rana Plaza survivors work at self-owned factory | Dhaka Tribune

Posted on October 25, 2013 by Ken Powell

“The factory is owned by the workers,” said Rintu. They receive around Tk3,500 for working nine hours a day, six days a week and are paid duly for putting in overtime. Fifty percent of the factory’s profit is equally distributed … Continue reading →

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Throwing money at Bangladeshi garment girls will keep them in slavery

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Ken Powell

The Savar tragedy is now over and we can forget the 1,127 who were, effectively, forced to die in a building illegally constructed and (patently obvious to all who were there) unsafe to work in even the day before. In … Continue reading →

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The Garment Factory Incident

Posted on May 9, 2013 by Ken Powell

Originally posted on justathirdculturekid:
I apologize for this being so late. I have been meaning to write for ages, but never got around to it. Then I had some technical malfunctions and was unable to get onto my site. For…

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