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December 6, 2012

Report: Wal-Mart Pushed Back Against Safety Improvement at Bangladeshi Factories 
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New details have been revealed on the retail giant Wal-Mart's ties to
the Bangladeshi garment factory where 120 workers died in a fire last
month. The New York Times is reporting Wal-Mart played a key role in
blocking the improvement of electrical and fire safety at Bangladeshi
factories. Two officials who attended a 2011 meeting in Bangladesh say a
Wal-Mart representative helped quash a proposal to improve safety
investments, calling them "not financially feasible." Documents found at
the fire scene also show that five of the factory's 14 production lines
were devoted to making Wal-Mart apparel.

 

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