DHAKA (Reuters) - A committee investigating a deadly collapse of a building housing garment factories in Bangladesh will recommend that nine people detained in connection with the disaster be sentenced to life in prison, the panel's chief said on Tuesday. Full story
An ITV News investigation has found there's still no compensation for the victims of the Bangladeshi factory collapse, from the Western clothes companies that promised help.More than eleven hundred workers were killed nearly a month ago. But survivors in Dhaka claim no money has yet reached them. IT
GAZIPUR, Bangladesh (Reuters) - A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world's largest apparel maker, U.S.-based VF Corp. Full story
DHAKA (Reuters) - A Bangladesh court on Sunday banned the owner of a garment factory that was destroyed in a fire in November from leaving the country as anger builds up over a string of deadly incidents in which thousands have died. Full story
The High Court in Bangladesh's capital asked authorities Sunday to prevent the owner of a garment factory where 112 people died in a fire last year from leaving the country, a lawyer said. Full story
The UP panel continues the conversation on the Bangladesh disaster and workers’ rights. They debate whether companies need to care more about who produces their products.
The Up panel takes a look at the average worker wage per hour in Bangladesh compared to other countries and debates how the costs impact economies worldwide. Panelist Karl Smith explains how having the “economic base” allows workers to ask for even more.
MSNBC’s Steve Kornacki talks about the Bangladesh disaster and how it’s brought the issue of workers’ rights back into the spotlight. The panel then joins the conversation to discuss the human cost of cheap labor and how a tragedy like Bangladesh can be prevented.
Scott Nova from the Worker Rights Consortium joins Alex Wagner and the NOW panelists to discuss globalization and the cost of worker safety around the world.
Bangladesh reopened garment factories, ending a three-day shutdown due to worker protests over pay and working conditions following last month’s deadly factory building collapse. NBCNews.com’s Dara Brown reports.
Following a series of catastrophic factory accidents, dozens of major companies are signing a pact for overseas worker safety. But will the agreement offset the dangers of cheap labor?
Grieving Bangladeshis hold up pictures of missing relatives who worked at the Dhaka garment factory that collapsed on April 24, killing at least 1,127. Many more bodies have yet to be found. Bangladesh, May 2013.
Bangladeshi women cry for their missing relatives as they gather to offer prayers for the souls of the 1,127 people who died in the garment building structure collapse last month, in Savar, Bangladesh, Tuesday, May 14, 2013. The Islamic prayer service was held a day after the army ended the nearly t
Rescue workers look for trapped garment workers in the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Savar, 30 km outside Dhaka, in this April 26, 2013 file photo. Liz Apparels, a Bangladesh factory in Gazipur, where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall in May 2013, is still
People rescue garment workers trapped under rubble at the Rana Plaza building after it collapsed, in Savar, 30 km outside Dhaka, in this April 24, 2013 file photo. Liz Apparels, a Bangladesh factory in Gazipur, where Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall in May 20
