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WRAPUP 5-EU considers trade action after Bangladesh factory collapse
Reuters* EU considers action on Bangladesh, including trade preferences * Rescuers give up hope of finding any more alive; death toll 411 * Protest march calls for death penalty By Ruma Paul DHAKA, May 1 (Reuters) - The European Union is considering trade...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Sheikh Hasina, United Kingdom, Tesco plc, Barack Obama
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WRAPUP 2-Anger builds as Bangladesh gives up hope of more survivors
Reuters* Rescue officials say do not expect more survivors * Primark, Loblaw say will compensate victims' families * Official death toll stands at 390, many more missing * Angry scenes as building owner brought to Dhaka court * International Labour...Tags: Clothing and Textiles Industry, Disasters and Accidents, Police Arrests, Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh
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WRAPUP 1-Retailers to compensate victims of Bangladesh disaster
Reuters* Primark, Loblaw say will compensate victims' families * Official death toll stands at 385, many more missing * Angry scenes as building owner brought to Dhaka court * International Labour Organisation sending mission By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir...Tags: Loblaw Companies Limited, Disasters and Accidents, Clothing and Textiles Industry, United Kingdom, Murder
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WRAPUP 3-Lawyers, public chant "hang him" as Bangladesh building owner led to court
Reuters* Eight people arrested in connection with the collapse * Third major industrial disaster in five months in Bangladesh * Public anger sparks days of protests By Ruma Paul and Serajul Quadir DHAKA, April 29 (Reuters) - Bangladeshi lawyers and...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Police Arrests, Sheikh Hasina, Religion and Belief
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ANALYSIS-Bangladesh still works for retailers, despite disasters
ReutersBy Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Jessica Wohl April 27 (Reuters) - The factory collapse in Bangladesh that killed over 300 people this week is a stark reminder of the risks in the global retail industry's search for cheap production. But there have been...Tags: Loblaw Companies Limited, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Disasters and Accidents, Annual and Special Corporate Meetings, Agriculture
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Protests in Bangladesh as death toll from building collapse rises
NEW DELHI, India -- The death toll in Bangladesh rose to more than 300 people Friday following the collapse this week of a building that housed five apparel factories, officials said, as protests by workers at other garment plants intensified....
Tags: Human Rights, Disasters and Accidents, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Bangladesh, Career and Workplace
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My challenge to Karen Lewis
A year ago Chicago teachers, clinicians, paraprofessionals and parents hoped that their strength in numbers and unity would yield the legislative action and contract settlement needed to remedy the problems teachers face in the classroom —...
Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Public Schools, Collective Contract, Charter Schools, Career and Workplace
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Who was in charge at the city detention center?
I have lots of questions about the Black Guerrilla Family case, starting with this: Was the warden of the Baltimore City Detention Center asked to approve maternity leave for any of the female correctional officers allegedly impregnated by inmate Tavon...
Tags: Prosecution, Prisons, Gang Activity, Collective Contract, Career and Workplace
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RPT-WRAPUP 1-Dozens rescued, hundreds missing, as Bangladesh toll tops 270
Reuters* Official says 41 people found alive late on Thursday * Around 1,000 people still unaccounted for; death toll hits 273 * Police say building owner on the run * Factories made garments for brands in Europe, North America By Serajul Quadir and Ruma...Tags: Disasters and Accidents, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Bangladesh, National Government, George Weston Limited
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Bangladesh building collapse unlikely to spur reform, experts say
NEW DELHI — A clothing factory in an emerging country collapses or catches fire with horrific loss of life. Famous Western brands are found in the wreckage. An investigation reveals substandard practices in the local and global clothing trade....Tags: AFL-CIO, Mangos, Disasters and Accidents, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Consumers
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Bangladesh building tragedy down to West's cost squeeze -NGOs
ReutersLONDON, April 25 (Reuters) - Major western clothing retailers squeezing Asian suppliers and a flawed approach to ensuring even basic working standards are fuelling conditions for tragedies like the latest factory collapse in Bangladesh, NGOs said on...Tags: Labor Legislation, Health and Safety at Work, Bangladesh, China, China Earthquake (2010)
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WRAPUP 5-Rescuers comb Bangladesh rubble for 2nd night, 251 dead
Reuters* 1,000 injured, toll expected to rise * Cracks found in building day before collapse * Canada's Loblaw, UK's Primark had suppliers at site By Serajul Quadir and Ruma Paul SAVAR, Bangladesh, April 25 (Reuters) - Employees at a garment factory that...Tags: Human Rights, Disasters and Accidents, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Spain, United Kingdom
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