The Price for Economic Growth in Bangladesh

Article 1 can be seen as a fusion of two recent incidents: the Rana Plaza Collapse in Bangladesh (see article 2), and the Forest Fires in Sumatra.
Note how the garment factories in Bangladesh are causing not just pollution of environment (just like the Sumatra forest fires), but also exploiting the workers via low wages and harsh or dangerous working conditions (jut like the Rana Plaza collapse).

Useful Points to bring away from Article 1:
-more than 1000 people were killed from the Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh, an 8 storey building. In contrast, about 1,400 people died in the collapse of Tower One (of the World Trade Centre) in the 9/11 catastrophe! And this latter is a towering skyscraper! (for source, see article HERE)
-exploitation of cheap labour in 3rd world nations by MNC
-MNCs are more likely to attend to the welfare of workers, but Mother Nature usually always take the last priority.
-reluctance to contain damage on environment because of desire to save on utility costs in bid to maximize profits
-laws are there to protect workers and environment, but these are often 'toothless', not enforced due to the clout of the MNC (lack of political will on the part of the govt due to the country's need for foreign investments, corruption, bribery...)

article 1



article 2