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Bangladesh Worker Justice

Clip: Season 16 | 5m 54s

Will the deadly factory collapse finally force the garment industry to change its ways?

“Only a couple of months ago, if you asked a garment industry owner what do you think of a union, they will say no, no unions,” says Fazle Abed of the Bangladesh Rural Affairs Committee. “But now many of them are saying yes, maybe the union is something we have to accept.”

07/04/2013 | Rating NR

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