Factory Fire

The fire in Bangladesh that happened last month is a terrible tragedy. 112 workers died in this fire. The workers were forced to continue to work, despite the fire burning down the building. It surprises me so much how clueless people can be. Why would supervisors force the workers to keep working when there is a fire? It does not make any sense to me. I think that it is definitely the responsibility of the corporations and the government, as well as the consumers. Since we buy the products, we are supporting these companies who are treating workers terribly. I think that the government is responsible because people should not be working in terrible conditions, for the whole day, barely making enough money. The government should make sure that everyone working should have enough money to survive. I think however, that the corporations have the most responsibility for this fire. Walmart, Sears, and Disney, for example, should know where all their supplies is coming from. They should not have suppliers they do not know about. After the news spread about the fire, all three companies tried to deny that they had anything to do with the factory, and when evidence was produced that they were involved, they claimed that they did not know about it. If they did not know, that is not a very good system that they have going. One thing that shocked me in the article was that more than 300 workers in Bangladesh have died in clothing factories since 2006. If this problem keeps happening, why is nothing being done about it? I think that it is our job as Americans to raise awareness of this terrible problem, and hopefully corporations and the government will help make it stop.