DHAKA, Bangladesh — Thousands of
garment workers rampaged through industrial areas of the capital of Bangladesh
on Friday, smashing vehicles with bamboo poles and setting fire to at least two
factories in violent protests ignited by a deadly building collapse this week
that killed at least 304 workers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/27/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse.html?ref=global-home&_r=0#commentsContainer
A latter-day Triangle-Shirtwaist.
And a heads-up to the workers and first-responders of West, Texas …
[Update, May Day 2013] It was even more
outrageous than was initially reported:
Mr. Rana existed largely above
scrutiny. Many local people say his political clout was such that not even the
police dared to confront him. Television
stations reported the cracks in the building the night before it collapsed, but
no local authority prevented Mr. Rana from opening the building the next
morning.
www.nytimes.com/2013/05/01/world/asia/bangladesh-garment-industry-reliant-on-flimsy-oversight.html?hpw&_r=0&pagewanted=print
[Update 3 May 2013]
Death
Toll in Bangladesh Collapse Tops 500
Far more than in the Boston marathon …
[Update 5 May]
Likewise in Texas, it should have come as no surprise:
The Texas fertilizer plant,
targeted for years by thieves who wanted anhydrous ammonia to produce drugs,
reportedly had no fence, alarms, or guards. Yet state regulators raised few
security concerns before the deadly blast.
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