by BENJAMIN JOFFE-WALT
Who did these Bangladeshi workers die for? Surely a shady company making clothes for the Bangladeshi poor?
Nope. These laborers make clothes for GAP Inc., the largest US clothing manufacturer.
The tragedy began when a fire broke out on the ninth and 10th floors of a multi-story clothing factory in the Ashulia industrial park just north the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka on Tuesday. Eyewitnesses told labor rights activists that two of the six exits were locked. 28 workers were killed: most burned to death, some trampled to death, some killed by suffocation and others jumped from the flames to their death. Several dozen more suffered severe burns.
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