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this bangladesh union leader that's been lobbying says that's a thin outcome after the deaths of more than 1,000 people. >> they're not interested. the workers, they simply think about the clothing. >> just as mean spirited in the view of campaigners is a refusal by household name, multinational names, to offer compensation at all to people killed or made destitute by the building collapse. >> they're making huge profits at the expense of the workers. when something like this happens, which is both affordable and should be avoided. the fact that the companies are not paying with compensation is disgraceable. >> which make this fashion week a good opportunity to talk about the industry and to remind people of the bizarre relationship between glamour and poverty. many in fashion are trying to keep the pressure on. >> we have seen in 10 to 15 years window dressing from the european high street. on the website one may say one thing. actually impacted was the designers, the merchandises teams. >> much of the work here is being done on behalf of those that realize they're unlikely to get sh
this bangladesh union leader that's been lobbying says that's a thin outcome after the deaths of more than 1,000 people. >> they're not interested. the workers, they simply think about the clothing. >> just as mean spirited in the view of campaigners is a refusal by household name, multinational names, to offer compensation at all to people killed or made destitute by the building collapse. >> they're making huge profits at the expense of the workers. when something like this...
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this bangladesh union leader who has been lobbying in london thinks it's the outcome after the deathssand people. >> it means that they are actually not interested to make a progress for the workers, for the development of the workers, they simply think about their profit. >> reporter: and just as mean spirited in the view of campaigners, is the refusal by several household name multinational chains to offer any compensation at all to people killed or made destituted by the building collapse. >> they are making huge profits at the expense of the workers, and when something like this happens which was both avoidable and should have been avoided the fact that the companies aren't coming to table to pay the compensation is disgrace of the. >> reporter: which makes london fashion week a good opportunity, if not a duty for the industry to remind people of the bizarre relationship between glamor and poverty. a few leading lights in fashion are trying to keep the pressure on. >> what we have seen over the last 10, 15 years is a lot of window dress from the british high street, european high
this bangladesh union leader who has been lobbying in london thinks it's the outcome after the deathssand people. >> it means that they are actually not interested to make a progress for the workers, for the development of the workers, they simply think about their profit. >> reporter: and just as mean spirited in the view of campaigners, is the refusal by several household name multinational chains to offer any compensation at all to people killed or made destituted by the building...
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this bangladesh union leader thinks that that's a thin outcome after the deaths of more than a thousandpeople. >> they are not interested to make progress for the workers. they simply think about their profit. >> just as mean-spirited in the view of campaigners is the refusal by several household name multi-national chains to offer any compensation at all to people killed and made destitute by the building collapse. >> they are making huge profit at the expense of the workers. when something like this happens which is avoidable, the companies won't pay the compensation, which is disgraceful. >> which makes london fashion week a time to remind pupil of the relationship between glamour and poverty. >> what we've seen over the last 10-15 years is window dressing from the european high street, where on the website, we might say one thing, but actually impacts the designers, the buyers, the merchandising teams are doing quite a different thing with their design chains. >> most of the work is being done quietly by people who recognize they are unlikely to get shoppers to protest. a petition s
this bangladesh union leader thinks that that's a thin outcome after the deaths of more than a thousandpeople. >> they are not interested to make progress for the workers. they simply think about their profit. >> just as mean-spirited in the view of campaigners is the refusal by several household name multi-national chains to offer any compensation at all to people killed and made destitute by the building collapse. >> they are making huge profit at the expense of the workers....
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bangladesh and elsewhere. this event coincides with a meeting between western retailers and unions over compensation for the victimsplaza disaster nearly five months ago, lawrence lee has this report from drop 67 the british economy may a has takena turn for the better but cheap disposable close arer readvertisresit atthatbly popul. pressure on the retailers. protecting work ends against thing like fire yet others didn't, new pay rates for something approaching a living wage for garment workers still hasn't been set. this union leader who been lobbying in london think it's a thin outcome off the deaths of more than a thousand people. >> it means that they are actually not interested to make a progress for the workers, for the development of the workers, they simply think about their profit. >> reporter: and just as mean spirited in the view of campaigners is the refusal by several household name multi-national chain to his offer any compensation to people killed or made destituted by the building collapse. >> they are making huge profits at the expense of the workers and when something like this happens, which was
bangladesh and elsewhere. this event coincides with a meeting between western retailers and unions over compensation for the victimsplaza disaster nearly five months ago, lawrence lee has this report from drop 67 the british economy may a has takena turn for the better but cheap disposable close arer readvertisresit atthatbly popul. pressure on the retailers. protecting work ends against thing like fire yet others didn't, new pay rates for something approaching a living wage for garment workers...
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union received the stock after gm emerged from bankrutpcy. gm worked out the stock deal with the uaw during the financial meltdown. tensions are rising in bangladesh -- where protests have forced the shutdown of 300 garment factories. thousands of workers set fire to factories as demonstrations turned violent this week. u.s. brands such as wal mart vowed to improve safety restrictions following a factory collapse in april that killed more than 11 hundred people. now the fight for higher wages is intensifying. workers are demanding 100 dollars a month, more than double their current 38 dollars a month. there's encouraging news on child labor. -- there are a third fewer child laborers in the world. although the hope is to get to zero. there are still an estimated 168-million children toiling around the world -- in hard labor jobs with more than half in dangerous conditions. the recent update is coming from a new report by the u-n. despite predictions of lackluster sales this holiday season walmart is stocking up on staff ahead of christmas. the world's largest retailer plans to hire 55,000 seasonal workers.that's 5 thousand more than last year.walma
union received the stock after gm emerged from bankrutpcy. gm worked out the stock deal with the uaw during the financial meltdown. tensions are rising in bangladesh -- where protests have forced the shutdown of 300 garment factories. thousands of workers set fire to factories as demonstrations turned violent this week. u.s. brands such as wal mart vowed to improve safety restrictions following a factory collapse in april that killed more than 11 hundred people. now the fight for higher wages...