Wal-Mart has vowed to improve safety problems among suppliers who make
clothes for the company after at least 111 workers died in a deadly fire
at a Bangladesh garment factory. But inspection reports found inside
the facility underscore fundamental problems with how Wal-Mart’s supply
chain allows it to avoid improving conditions. "One of the main
monitoring companies, inspection companies for Wal-Mart, admitted that
'We don't even check whether factories have emergency exits, whether
they have fire escapes or fireproof, smoke-proof enclosed staircases.’
And this factory did not have outdoor fire escapes, did not have
enclosed staircases," says Steven Greenhouse, labor and workplace
reporter for the New York Times about his latest investigation, "As
Walmart Makes Safety Vows, It’s Seen as Obstacle to Change."Video
Source: Democracy Now!
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