Safety activists slam Walmart’s Bangladesh factory improvement plan
Critics call it A “toothless” scheme that lacks enforcement
A proposal unveiled this week by Walmart and the Gap aimed at improving safety for garment factory workers in Bangladesh who make the goods sold by the retailers has been met with jeers by labor and safety activists, who say the plan is badly flawed and puts profits above safety.
Since the April 24th Rana Plaza factory collapse that killed more than 1100 people – the worst of many recent workplace incidents in Bangladesh, retailers have been criticized for ignoring the needs of the people toiling for low wages and in unsafe conditions at the other end of the global supply chain.