For Bangladeshi Garment Workers, It Is Still 1911
Source:
The Jewish Daily: Forward
Date:
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 “There are a lot of parallels with the garment industry in Bangladesh,” said Kevin Kolben, an assistant professor at Rutgers University, who specializes in international labor law. “You have bosses treating their workers in pretty oppressive ways that are similar to back then. In many factories, people are working in the top floors of tenements with gated windows, no air conditioning, no ventilation, for most of the day and for very little pay.”
