She said her sister had come to Dhaka four years ago to work in a garment factory so as to become more independent.
The Cambodian accident, while much smaller than other recent disasters, nevertheless fits a pattern of dangerous work conditions in Asian garment factories.
The Cambodian accident, while much smaller than other recent disasters, nevertheless fit a pattern of dangerous work conditions in Asian garment factories.
Even if Americans are better at it than Bangladeshis, both countries gain if Americans outsource their garment-sewing work to Bangladesh firms and shift American resources into producing the things we do even better than they.
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Most of them work in a single Hong Kong-owned factory in the garment district next to Kingston's port, which has 3, 000 Jamaican staff and work permits for 400 Asian supervisors.
Rescue work at the site of the Rana Plaza garment factory continued for a sixth day on Monday, but army spokesman Shahinul Islam said "there is little hope of finding anyone alive".
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The collapse happened about 8:30 a.m. and since garment factories in the area routinely work 24 hours a day, it appeared likely that the four housed in the building were staffed at the time.
And many of the new jobs in crowded garment factories replaced even lower paying, harsher work on farms.
They also have arrested the owners of the five garment factories on allegations they forced employees back to work despite safety concerns over the building.
Police arrested the owner of the building and three proprietors of export-oriented garment factories, alleging that they compelled people to work in the building despite it developing visible cracks a day before the tragedy.
Abdul Latif Siddiqui, head of special Cabinet committee to inspect garment factories that was formed days after the Rana Plaza collapse, said the government has closed 18 garment factories in recent days for failing to meet work and safety standards.
By comparison, most of the five million workers employed in Bangladesh's thriving garment export industry have had to leave their rural homes to work in the factories.
Police have arrested the owners of the five garment factories based in Rana Plaza for allegedly endangering employees by forcing them back to work a day after a crack emerged on the exterior of the building.
WSJ: Local Officials Punished Over Building Collapse In Bangladesh
Police have also arrested the owners of the five garment factories based in Rana Plaza for allegedly endangering employees by forcing them back to work a day after a crack emerged on the exterior of the building.
WSJ: Local Officials Punished Over Building Collapse In Bangladesh
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