Bangladesh

Wal-Mart to bring questionable oversight to U.S. warehouses

The retailer will audit labor conditions, using system similar to one that that oversaw Bangladeshi fire factory

Natasha Lennard Topics: Walmart, Bangladesh, Factory fire, Labor Rights, Strikes

Before a factory fire that killed 112, the retailer had decided supplier fire safety was too expensive to cover

Natasha Lennard Topics: Wal-Mart, Bangladesh, Gap, Factory fire, Garment workers, Labor Rights, Retail, Bloomberg

Apparel factories have grown impossibly hostile to organized labor -- and major retailers are turning a blind eye

Adele M. Stan, Alternet Topics: Bangladesh, Unions, Labor, New York Times, AlterNet, Wal-Mart, Business, Christian Science Monitor

An AP reporter in Bangladesh found garments for U.S. corporations in the wreckage VIDEO

Associated Press Topics: Bangladesh, Sears, aol_on, Fire, Labor Rights, Video, Wal-Mart, Disney, Factory fire

UPDATE: The retailer stopped working with 50 fire risk factories, but photos show Wal-Mart clothes in fire wreckage

Natasha Lennard Topics: Factory, Factory fire, Bangladesh, Fire, Workers' Rights, Target, Wal-Mart, Sweat shop

The Asian country is a major exporter of well-known brands VIDEO

Julhas Alam, Associated Press Topics: Bangladesh, aol_on, Fire, Video, Garment factory, From the Wires, Asia