Take a moment and check, read the labels in your
clothing. You might be surprised
at some of the places your jeans and t-shirts have been.
Over the past few weeks, there have been two major fires in
Bangladesh resulting in 123 deaths.
U.S. Retailers like the Gap, Wal-Mart and even high-end fashion like
Tommy Hilfiger make clothing there.
The experts say we
don’t care. We don’t care enough
to pay more. A teenage Bangladesh
girl named Lovely is hoping that we do.
It was February 23,
2006, Lovely was 11 years old and
working in a garment factory in Bangladesh, when
her life changed forever. The factory where she was
packing socks caught fire. There was never a fire
drill. Exits were locked. Panic and chaos spread with the fire and 63 workers died
and 150 were injured. Lovely was
left with injuries and can no longer work, a burden to her family, with not
enough to eat.
But hey, that was a
great deal you got on Black Friday.
Lovely has found the
courage to speak out and has started a petition online. She’s petitoning H&M, Wal-Mart and Gap to commit to a real fire safety
program that will save the lives of the Bangladeshis who sew the clothing that
we wear. You’ll
find the petition www.change.org, search
for Lovely from Bangladesh.
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