39 - The 2013 Rana Plaza Factory Collapse

Chances are, most of your closet probably consists of ready-made garments — clothing manufactured en masse to fit most people. And, most of us probably know that the conditions in these factories are less than ideal. International corporations like Nike and Gap have repeatedly been caught exploiting workers  — having them work long hours with little pay in factories with few safety precautions.

On April 24th, 2013, a garment factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh, collapsed, killing 1,134 people and injuring about 2,500 more. The incident is considered the deadliest structural failure accident in modern human history. But, it was more than a simple mistake on the part of the building’s architects or construction workers; it resulted from capitalist greed — valuing profits over workers’ safety. In this episode, we discuss the Rana Plaza garment factory collapse.

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