Bangladesh is being exploited for cheap labor by many big brand companies. Due to the unsafety of these factories many deaths have occurred. A factory collapsed in Bangladesh killing over 1000 people and the big brand companies are being forced to be held accountable for these incidents. This is known as the deadliest disaster that ever occurred in the clothing industry. Accidents like these happen often in Bangladesh. The safety standards in this country are usually never imposed. The minimum wage in Bangladesh is $38 a month. This is the lowest minimum wage in the world. Those same people being exploited for cheap labor are responsible for more than $20 billion in exports. Some of those big names companies include everyday stores that we shop at such as Walmart, J.C. Penny, Gap and many more. This has gained attention from all around the world. It took an incident like this to gain attention on how dangerous and horrible the conditions really are. Companies have met to discuss increasing the safety in these factories. It took the death of over 1000 people to increase these talks. People feel that those factory owners should be sent to jail and be held accountable for homicide. Ethical Issues There are many ethical issues involved with this situation. In justice was an ethical issue in involved. I believe these factory owners and the governments in the country were violating the right of the people working in those factories. These workers were put into deadly conditions just to make a living. The owners knew the people would work no matter the condition because they had to make a living somehow. They did not abide by any safety conditions and that is not fair to the employees. They were treated more as slaves then employe... ... middle of paper ... ...point of view would support improved conditions and the fair compensation of the employees. Final Solution Based on the information in this case I believe methods to improve working conditions and compensation should take affect immediately. We can’t sit around wait for accidents and deaths to occur in order to do something about. There should be better safety inspections. Employees in factories should be given the correct safety equipment such as goggles, gloves and etc. There should be efforts to improving safety of the building. I believe current factory owners should be fired and make way for new and improved management. The minimum wage should be improved drastically. After all it is those workers that are doing the tough manual labor that makes a company flourish. Companies are nothing without their employees and they should treat them with more respect.
What is found at sweatshops though, is quite the opposite. The highest wage within a sweatshop goes to the senior operators. The already low salary of a sweatshop worker, is actually decreasing, as the median wage for a senior operator at a sweatshop decreased by 29 percent from 1994 to 2010. These senior operators are of the highest rank, and according to Niagara Textiles, located in Bangladesh, now earn only 20 cents an hour, or 488 dollars per year. In fact, the same sweatshop have reports of workers being beaten for asking to receive their pay on time. They are also forced to work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, with one day off at most. These workers have the longest hours, worst treatment, and most tedious conditions and still barely get paid enough to sustain themselves, let alone families. Sweatshops are completely immoral, and are under complete violation of the codes of
Today we see the labor reforms put in place along with organizations that hold business to safety precautions like OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Association. Today, worker’s fight for higher minimum wage but outside of America, there are worker’s fighting for the same rights we did back in the 1900’s. Back in 2013, in Bangladesh, a series of fires occurred. This raised questions about safety and treatment of workers. Within a few months, the government allowed the garment workers to form trade unions along with a plan to raise the minimum wage. And soon after, the United States pushed for Bangladesh to improve their labor standards. All of this happened within half a year, where back in the 1900’s it took over 50 years, starting with the coal miners. Without the workers as a sturdy base for the business, the company with crumble and fall. And without those businesses to help the economy grow, the government will cease to
In order to lower production cost, companies like Nike and Gap began to subcontract other factories around the world. Places like Hong Kong, Korea and Taiwan were targeted and in the later future, Mexico and Thailand were hit. Jeffcott describe it as a race to the bottom of the lows wages and the worst working condition in the world. It was an endless cycle to try to find a country that would make your product for the lowest price possible. In the end Bangladeshi was contracted. Young 15-year-old girls and young women had to work long 18-hour shift with no breaks and if they even had a break, they
An important part of industrial democracy is the idea that employees get a say in the decisions made in the workplace. With the Protocols in place it was clear that manufacturers were favored, by making efficiency a priority over democracy. This fact created a shift in Protocolism, as “workers did not passively accept the protocol as created, workers shaped and contoured the developing industrial relations” (94). It can be said that the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire was the greatest cause for change in industrial democracy. In the fire, 146 young women died because they could not escape due to the fire exits being chained shut. The unfortunate event of this fire offered an opportunity to finally constitute a real change in the industry when investigating agencies were unable to place the blame on one department. This led to the formation of the FIC, which first “concerned itself with issues of fire safety, hygiene, sanitation, and industrial accidents and disease” (170), and later “saw reform efforts become more concerned with what we would now call social welfare issues” (171). The FIC was just what was needed to finally begin to shape what the industry has become
The documentary strived to show us how factories were corrupt that they couldn’t provide good working conditions for the workers until we lost people. This documentary is about the tragic fire that took place on March 25, 1911 in the Triangle factory. We can clearly see through this documentary that these people didn’t matter to the factory owners because their needs were not met. The documentary shows that the year before the fire took place the workers led a strike asking for better working conditions, but obviously their voices were not heard. After the fire took place this is when factories started improving working conditions. It is sad to learn that it took 146 lives of innocent people in order for factory owners to be convinced that they need to improve the poor working
What many didn’t know or actually even cared about was the working condidtiins the children were working in; it was such a nessesary thing for children to work that it didn't matter all the dangers that came with working. Things were not safe, children didn’t have to even wear safety equipment nor follow safety regulations because there simply was any . What this cause was many many injuties, varying form minor cuts to actually deaths. The children were exposed to so much trash and machinary chemicals and it was all very dangerous and deathly. In the first picture that is diplayed, it is seen that a little child is sweeping and he looks sad and unhappy. What can also can be seen in the first picture is the chid is wearing normal everyday clothes. Surrounding the child are huge machines and supplies that are in arm lengths from the children. And while everything may seem alright in the photo when looking closer you can see everything that is different then what is actualy going
The abuse on Chinese workers has reached outstanding proportions and has caused an awful working condition for the majority of workers in China. Many migrant workers face an increasing amount of problems at work. On an average day at work they might experience a poorly lit and a cramped work place (Goldman 2). The factories that they work in have little room to perform up to par on a daily basis. A large amount of these factories are also poorly ventilated when there are harmful chemicals being used (Goldman 1). Often lacking proper safety equipment like goggles or ear-buds, the workers feel at risk to being seriously injured. Also, they could be exposed to chemicals or substances without proper masks. In the future these workers will find themselves having serious health conditions because of this (Little 1). Constantly working in these conditions is not ideal. Working like this on a daily basis has caused exhaustion and even death in the workplace (Goldman 3). Clearly people working ...
Sweatshops, while seemingly helpful, are filled with inexperienced workers, ranging from children ages twelve or younger to grown adult women. These workers are not how to properly operate the heavy machinery. In some moments, the machines will actually fall apart and/or explode, greatly exposing horrible injury on the workers. On top of that, workers have no access to compensation for their injuries while working in sweatshops. Thes...
Sturdy Products did not suffer ANY serious repercussions from this event. Sturdy Products force all workers to sign a “voluntary” agreement saying all workers are willing to work overtime, and agreeing to work in hazardous conditions (Tung, Allison). The only set back Sturdy Products faced was a replaceable one. A worker from Study Products told the Guardian, “A female worker committed suicide, because she was always scolded. However, I feel helpless because it is not easy for me to find another job." (Chamberlain, Gethin) It is terrible that someone committed suicide because the working conditions were so awful, and yet Sturdy Products is not
Cheap labor is a term used to describe the low wages given to people living in developing countries that work through harsh conditions. Companies like Walmart and Apple expect these workers overseas to manufacture clothing and other goods, even though the buildings and materials given aren't enough for an efficient workforce. As companies begin to think less about the people working overseas and more about how much of a product is made, the businesses are only helping themselves while these workers suffer. Cheap labor
My belief is that all agencies are responsible for this accident (Local, State, and Federal). The Mining Company, the Government and overall leadership is responsible for not protecting the mine workers’ safety. The Miners had concerns and voice out, begging for safe working conditions.
The company had been successful at creating a façade of strength and global responsibility when that was anything but the truth. Many of the workers in Apple’s supply chain were facing unsafe and unethical conditions such as: working excessive overtime – seven days a week at times, standing for long periods of time without a break and working with poisonous chemicals. Apple was truly concerned with high quality at the lowest cost available. The company ended up paying a much higher price as two of its factories had explosions killing four people and badly injuring 77. As a result of the tragic events, Apple faced some turbulent waters in its stock prices and was left with no alternative other than to face the issue head on. Whether or not the company truly intended to remedy the situation, remains to be seen to this
To sum it all up, Bangladesh is really gender dominant and very proper in manners. This is country just barley the size of Iowa housing over 163 million people; the 8th most populated country in the world, and where most people live on just a dollar per day. About one third of Bangladesh’s population lives under poverty, and even a good percentage of those who are working, are working in very low income, paycheck to paycheck jobs; most of the time the working conditions and environments are not very suitable. Bangladesh is also a big clothing and garments producer in the world making and exporting clothing to many part of the world.
...orking environments for their factory employees. Even with international groups and organizations keeping a constant watch on companies who outsource work to impoverished countries, there is often little that can be done to control these companies. Lack of local enforcement and overlooked international law makes it easy for money-hungry companies to get away with morally wrong behavior. By bringing attention to these types of situations and not supporting companies who do not treat their workers fairly, executives will be hit where it hurts them the most, their pockets. When their profits decrease, they will be forced to look for alternatives to manufacture their products.
Child labor is one of the biggest concerns occurring around the world. Over one hundred million children work in dangerous conditions in agriculture, mining, and other sectors. People around the world are working to end child labor and help them reunite with their families as well get them an education. Child labor violates human rights due to its inhumane actions that result in the amount of casualties, injuries and poverty. This global issue cannot be resolved unless laws and regulations are reinforced strictly.