May 10 Watch Bangladeshi Seamstress Rescued From Factory Rubble After 17 Days Seventeen days after a Bangladeshi garment factory collapsed and only hours before the remains were to be demolished, rescuers pulled a woman out of the rubble alive. Jonathan Rugman of Independent Television News reports on the miraculous discovery and the… Continue watching
May 09 Watch News Wrap: Boston Police Commissioner Testifies to Congress on Marathon Attack News Wrap: Boston Police Commissioner Testifies to Congress on Marathon Attack… Continue watching
May 01 Watch Anger Over Garment Factory Disaster Fuels Annual Labor Rallies in Southeast Asia Anger Over Garment Factory Disaster Fuels Annual Labor Rallies in Southeast Asia… Continue watching
Apr 26 Watch Global Standards for Garment Industry Under Scrutiny After Bangladesh Disaster The Bangladeshi garment factory collapse is the worst disaster ever for the country's booming clothing industry. Ray Suarez discusses the role of Western retailers in keeping foreign workers safe with Avedis Seferian of Worldwide Responsible Accredited Production and Scott Nova… Continue watching
Apr 25 Watch News Wrap: Death Toll Rises to More Than 230 in Bangladesh Factory Disaster In other news Thursday, the death toll from a collapsed garment building in Bangladesh rose above 230 people. Officials say some 2,000 people survived. An unknown number of people are still trapped. Also, hundreds of mourners attended a memorial service… Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch News Wrap: At Least 87 Dead After Building Collapses in Bangladesh In other news Wednesday, at least 87 garment workers died in Bangladesh when an eight-story building collapsed. Also, Michael Huerta, the head of the FAA, went before Congress to defend furloughs of almost 13,000 air traffic controllers. Huerta says the… Continue watching
Dec 10 Watch Making Work Safety a Priority in Clothing Industry in Pakistan and Bangladesh Making Work Safety a Priority in Clothing Industry in Pakistan and Bangladesh… Continue watching
Dec 07 Bangladesh Factory Where Fire Killed 112 Had Been Ruled Unsafe By Production DA The eight-story garment factory on the outskirts of Dhaka, where a fire killed more than 100 people and injured dozens more in the deadliest workplace catastrophe to hit the country in years, had lost its fire safety certification several months… Continue reading
Dec 16 The Daily Frame Bangladeshis hold up caricatures of war criminals during a rally Friday to mark the country's 40th Victory Day in Dhaka. Continue reading
Aug 09 Global Rise in C-Sections Troubles Experts By Talea Miller C-section rates are skyrocketing in some of the world's poorest countries for reasons that may have little to do with the health of the mother or the child. Continue reading