The Price to Pay for Those Always Low Prices

Building Collapse in Bangladesh Leaves Scores Dead. (The New York Times, 4/24/2013)

About 2,500 people worked in the collapsed building that housed a number of factories that made clothing to be sold in European and American stores, including Walmart.

At the time of publication of this article, 142 workers had died and more than 1,000 were reported injured.  A CNN story posted in the last hour reports 244 casualties.

Initial investigations revealed illegal construction and building code violations.

Bangladesh, November 2012


Excerpt from the 4/24 NYT article:  Such low labor costs have attracted not just Walmart but almost every major global clothing company, including Sears, Gap, Tommy Hilfiger and many others.

Apparently, it's always 1911 somewhere in this world.