This, like many current event stories that we hear today, shows that history rhymes, and even though appeasement has lead to the most devastating war in history, we still haven't learned our lesson. In order to avoid another conflict in our hands when we already have many domestic affairs to worry about, we let the opposing side get what they want, even though we might know the potential consequence for that. Even though this situation may not get as out of hand as it did back in 1939, appeasement may lead the United States and Great Britain into the brink of international unrest. - Maisha Savani World History 9
I think that it is crucial to have a safe working environment because it is a place where many employees are spending the most of their days in and a place filled with many people in one constricted area. I feel like if at any moment, someone may realize that the working conditions are not at the standard it should be, they have a right to report it and get it to that standard as soon as possible. Such like the case in Blagladeshis, the working conditions were at a low standard and therefore caused chaos protests.
It’s scary to think that there are still such inhumane conditions in factories around the world. I hope that this fire and then riot serves as a wakeup call, not only to Bangladeshi officials but governments around the world, that there is a serious need for strict laws and regulations in factories and labor. It’s upsetting to think that most companies are so hungry for money that they won’t even give up “10 cents per garment for the more than six billion articles of clothing exported each year” in order to ensure the safety of their workers. If precautions such as fire escapes, and checking the buildings structure were made, then maybe the death of those “at least 340 workers” could have been prevented. Hopefully, like I said earlier, this fire and then riot will be the turning point for officials to realize that some dramatic changes desperately need to be made in order to ensure the safety of their workers.
This article was extremely interesting to me, primarily because I did my research paper on Walmart and focused my research on factories actually in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The details of working conditions were extremely awakening and compels me to reiterate my thesis from the essay; that companies, Walmart being one example, need to start paying more attention to the factories to which they outsource and the conditions of those oversea plants. This article mentioned companies such as J. C. Penny and Cato Fashions as companies occupying the specific factory that collapsed, and the article also mentioned Western protests in the U.S. to companies including Walmart. I hope these poor conditions and factory fires and collapses cease soon.
It's crazy to believe that after all that the world has been through in terms of industrialization, and with all the advances in technology, that there would still be such disconcern for safety of the employees. If this is an industry that is supposedly supposed to be thriving (especially since we as humans need clothing) then you would think that safety would be a main priority- but it isn't. What came as more shocking to me was that the building/company owners admitted to being guilty. It shows that even though a majority of society has matured, there's still those few who refuse to budge an inch and grow up. For this reason, I feel that the protests on the streets were totally called for, although the violence should have been kept to a minimum. -DS Pd 9
I think that the people need to riot to get what they want at this point because it's evident that the owners and the local police aren't helping. It's good though that the national government is arresting those responsible for the horrible working conditions subjected to these people. Maybe the government now will work for a better, safer industrialized country.
This tradgic event is very similar to what went on during the Industrial Revolution. Conditions were awful at not only the factory that collapsed, but many other factories. The people have begun to revolt by burning down other buildings and protesting. Now, the government is finally taking notice and supporting the people. This was evident by the government saying that this was not an accident, but murder. The factory owners had not renovated the building because it would cost too much money. However, it took a tradgic event in order for the government to become aware of these things. Overall, I think this will make the government become more involved in the improvment in the working conditions of workers in order to help prevent these types of events in the future.
The tradgedy in Bangladesh is one that might not be a actual accident. Many think it was done on purpose. Because of this, more than 300 people died. The reason for this, might be the fact that there was illegal working conditions. This incident happened in a garment factory, because of the working conditions. This isn't the first time that working rights have been violated. In China, working conditions are violated and people aren't being paid the right amount for their labor. This should be stopped by the government as soon as possible. Laws and and labor unions are constantly trying t solve this crisis. This is the after-effect of industrialization. Maria U.
I found the article to be very upsetting. In the article it said that a day earlier, cracks had been found by the police and industry workers- who then asked the factory bosses to stop working in the building until it can be inspected. The factory bosses apparently ignored this complaint and allowed for over 3000 workers to continue working in that factory. It’s sad to thinks that they many deaths could have been prevented if the bosses would have shut down production. The bosses either thought that the warning of the cracks as harmless or did realize the danger but didn’t care because of their greed to make money. In my opinion, the violent protests are both justified and unjustified at the same time. I do think that the workers do have a right to be upset. A tragedy like this should not have happened. The owners of the building should have been more cautious. Perhaps a violent protest, is the way to get the attention of the world to do something to fix these poor conditions. On the other hand, damaging over 150 vehicles and burning to factories is a bit harsh. My overall opinion is that maybe a protest is necessary. However I don’t think a violent protest is necessarily the answer. Jenna F. prd 9
It is a monumental tragedy (falling of the building) followed by another monumental tragedy (rampage). What we are seeing is people who saw an opportunity to destroy other people's property, and make it worse for themselves. The anger, frustration, and desperation are too far gone. It looks as if there is a link between protests and actual wrong doings. -M. Misir Per. 9
Obviously working conditions had to be really bad to cause a rampage out of the workers like this, but burning a building is really unacceptable. People may blame the factory owner for this but i think the workers should due to acts of murder. over 400 people died and that overshadows the message they were initially trying to send. -Kevin Johnson
It’s nice that this factory fire has made big new because it not only draws attention towards the brands manufacturing clothes at the factory but also informs the public on how these factories are very much existent. I feel like the Bangladeshis wouldn’t have used violence if the issue wasn’t so big of a deal, and so their action of setting fire to a couple of factories is very powerful and significant. The real question is whether the manufacturing companies will respond to the incident and take any action at all to improve the conditions. I’ve learned how so many companies in the mass production industry claim to “strive” towards improving factory conditions, but most of the time they don’t carry through with their commitments. So will burning down the factories be enough to have those companies actually focus on improving factory conditions, or will it just be ignored as before? -tiff k
I find this article not so shocking because Bangladesh is poor country so it's not suprising that there labor laws are bad. I think that this is both the factory owners and the governments fault because the government needs to make laws and rules that benefit the worker and the owners. On the other had I think that the factory owners need to fix the problem by themselves because it is there responsibility to make sure their workers are comfortable but not too comfortable where they take advantage of everything. I think that Bangladesh and many other countries need to fix or make labor laws that will make everyone happy. AM Prd. 9
JW- Profits or morals. Cheap prices or higher prices. It's a shame how industry tends to be separated into just two distinct categories-developing countries without regulations that can provide greater profit margins and more money in the consumer's pocket, and developed countries with regulations that come at the cost of profits and cheap prices. The average consumer may be horrified by such riots and poor working conditions, but nobody's going to complain about more money for both the company and themselves.
SK period 9- I'm surprised that factory conditions have not yet improved. This is not the first time tragedy has struck in Bangladesh. Their factories are known for unsafe working conditions. There have been promises to improve conditions for workers, but the same things keep happening again and again. It's clear that all around the world, there need to be stricter laws regarding government factory conditions, and harsher punishments. It's just sad that it often takes a tragedy for people to get the message and finally respond.
I think that it is terrible that people have to work in such bad conditions. It is the full responsibility of the owner/boss to make sure the conditions are safe, let alone good. This should not have happened in really shows how, sometimes, greed overpowers responsibility. On the other hand, I really like the strategy that labor activists ares using to try to better working conditions. The fact that retailers could drastically improve working conditions by just paying 10 cents for every article of clothing is really surprising. It really ruins their public image and they might have to do something about it if they want to keep their company. Eshawn Sharma World History Per 9
I feel like Bangladesh- being the second largest textile manufacturer in the world, is always on the news, and it's usually for the same reason. A lot of the attention that Bangladesh has is revolved around its poor working conditions and child labor. More importantly, what shocks people more than the incident itself is the people behind it, and its always popular American and British clothing companies. Ussually, its the same names that constantly pop up in the new, such as Tommy Hilfiger, GAP, and JC Penny that are advocates of this abusive labor. Finnally, countries like Bangladesh are getting noticed in the world and reforms are on their way. Eventually, Bangladesh will go through the same journey we did 100 years ago during the Industrial Revolution. -Maisha Savani Pd 9
Most of society still believes that factory working conditions are safe and fair nowadays, and that issues the country had dealt with during the Industrial Revolution are far over. Even though conditions had majorly improved since then, the research paper we wrote in the beginning of the year as well as this article have taught me and many others that workers are still not working in completely safe environments and that their bosses/owners are not fulfilling all requirements of keeping their conditions safe and healthy. For example, if the owners had took the time out to reconstruct their unstable building when the inspectors had warned them about its dangers, hundreds of lives would have been saved. Similar situations are occurring in factories across the world and society is completely oblivious to it. Even though the dangers and unfairness may not be as extreme as it was in the Industrial Revolution, major changes still need to be made because hundreds of worker's lives and health are being put on the line for the simple ignorance of their owners. -maytal
This was one of those articles that makes the reader really angry. Even after the workers insisted that the factory owners should inspect the building for working hazards, the owners refused and told the workers to continue working. The governments information minister did agree with the workers that the death of 320 people was the owners fault. But I also disagree with the protesters actions towards this event. They should e able to protest but not so violently; not to the poor where they are burning down other buildings and setting fires. Because their actions resulted in arrests. I definitely think it was a good idea for the factories to be closed for the weekend so that workers could aid in the rescue efforts at Rana Plaza. Now, engineers are being hired to examine the structural stability of all the country garment factories. It's sad how people need to die in order for the government to step in.
SP p9 I feel like that they do have a right to be angry about the entire ordeal. The companu\y should have just closed up. They were told to as well but they didn't listen and it caused to so many deaths that could have been prevented instead.
I was upset to know that so many people had to die only because of a protest. Only because some people weren't happy with their job they burned their factory down and so many people had to loose their lives. on the other hand i was also happy because the factory owner was arrested. I think it was totally his fault, because he had treated his employees equaly then i don't think they would have gotten so upset. The President at this time had to make some very important decisions because burning of factories not only cost some lives but their trading was decreasing because their product was in great demand. pd9 Ip
This, like many current event stories that we hear today, shows that history rhymes, and even though appeasement has lead to the most devastating war in history, we still haven't learned our lesson. In order to avoid another conflict in our hands when we already have many domestic affairs to worry about, we let the opposing side get what they want, even though we might know the potential consequence for that. Even though this situation may not get as out of hand as it did back in 1939, appeasement may lead the United States and Great Britain into the brink of international unrest.
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I think that it is crucial to have a safe working environment because it is a place where many employees are spending the most of their days in and a place filled with many people in one constricted area. I feel like if at any moment, someone may realize that the working conditions are not at the standard it should be, they have a right to report it and get it to that standard as soon as possible. Such like the case in Blagladeshis, the working conditions were at a low standard and therefore caused chaos protests.
ReplyDeleteCaitlin McTiernan pd 9
ReplyDeleteIt’s scary to think that there are still such inhumane conditions in factories around the world. I hope that this fire and then riot serves as a wakeup call, not only to Bangladeshi officials but governments around the world, that there is a serious need for strict laws and regulations in factories and labor. It’s upsetting to think that most companies are so hungry for money that they won’t even give up “10 cents per garment for the more than six billion articles of clothing exported each year” in order to ensure the safety of their workers. If precautions such as fire escapes, and checking the buildings structure were made, then maybe the death of those “at least 340 workers” could have been prevented. Hopefully, like I said earlier, this fire and then riot will be the turning point for officials to realize that some dramatic changes desperately need to be made in order to ensure the safety of their workers.
This article was extremely interesting to me, primarily because I did my research paper on Walmart and focused my research on factories actually in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The details of working conditions were extremely awakening and compels me to reiterate my thesis from the essay; that companies, Walmart being one example, need to start paying more attention to the factories to which they outsource and the conditions of those oversea plants. This article mentioned companies such as J. C. Penny and Cato Fashions as companies occupying the specific factory that collapsed, and the article also mentioned Western protests in the U.S. to companies including Walmart. I hope these poor conditions and factory fires and collapses cease soon.
ReplyDeleteIt's crazy to believe that after all that the world has been through in terms of industrialization, and with all the advances in technology, that there would still be such disconcern for safety of the employees. If this is an industry that is supposedly supposed to be thriving (especially since we as humans need clothing) then you would think that safety would be a main priority- but it isn't. What came as more shocking to me was that the building/company owners admitted to being guilty. It shows that even though a majority of society has matured, there's still those few who refuse to budge an inch and grow up. For this reason, I feel that the protests on the streets were totally called for, although the violence should have been kept to a minimum.
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Ansh Hirani pd 9
ReplyDeleteI think that the people need to riot to get what they want at this point because it's evident that the owners and the local police aren't helping. It's good though that the national government is arresting those responsible for the horrible working conditions subjected to these people. Maybe the government now will work for a better, safer industrialized country.
This tradgic event is very similar to what went on during the Industrial Revolution. Conditions were awful at not only the factory that collapsed, but many other factories. The people have begun to revolt by burning down other buildings and protesting. Now, the government is finally taking notice and supporting the people. This was evident by the government saying that this was not an accident, but murder. The factory owners had not renovated the building because it would cost too much money. However, it took a tradgic event in order for the government to become aware of these things. Overall, I think this will make the government become more involved in the improvment in the working conditions of workers in order to help prevent these types of events in the future.
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The tradgedy in Bangladesh is one that might not be a actual accident. Many think it was done on purpose. Because of this, more than 300 people died. The reason for this, might be the fact that there was illegal working conditions. This incident happened in a garment factory, because of the working conditions. This isn't the first time that working rights have been violated. In China, working conditions are violated and people aren't being paid the right amount for their labor. This should be stopped by the government as soon as possible. Laws and and labor unions are constantly trying t solve this crisis. This is the after-effect of industrialization.
ReplyDeleteMaria U.
I found the article to be very upsetting. In the article it said that a day earlier, cracks had been found by the police and industry workers- who then asked the factory bosses to stop working in the building until it can be inspected. The factory bosses apparently ignored this complaint and allowed for over 3000 workers to continue working in that factory. It’s sad to thinks that they many deaths could have been prevented if the bosses would have shut down production. The bosses either thought that the warning of the cracks as harmless or did realize the danger but didn’t care because of their greed to make money. In my opinion, the violent protests are both justified and unjustified at the same time. I do think that the workers do have a right to be upset. A tragedy like this should not have happened. The owners of the building should have been more cautious. Perhaps a violent protest, is the way to get the attention of the world to do something to fix these poor conditions. On the other hand, damaging over 150 vehicles and burning to factories is a bit harsh. My overall opinion is that maybe a protest is necessary. However I don’t think a violent protest is necessarily the answer.
ReplyDeleteJenna F. prd 9
It is a monumental tragedy (falling of the building) followed by another monumental tragedy (rampage). What we are seeing is people who saw an opportunity to destroy other people's property, and make it worse for themselves. The anger, frustration, and desperation are too far gone. It looks as if there is a link between protests and actual wrong doings.
ReplyDelete-M. Misir Per. 9
Obviously working conditions had to be really bad to cause a rampage out of the workers like this, but burning a building is really unacceptable. People may blame the factory owner for this but i think the workers should due to acts of murder. over 400 people died and that overshadows the message they were initially trying to send.
ReplyDelete-Kevin Johnson
It’s nice that this factory fire has made big new because it not only draws attention towards the brands manufacturing clothes at the factory but also informs the public on how these factories are very much existent. I feel like the Bangladeshis wouldn’t have used violence if the issue wasn’t so big of a deal, and so their action of setting fire to a couple of factories is very powerful and significant. The real question is whether the manufacturing companies will respond to the incident and take any action at all to improve the conditions. I’ve learned how so many companies in the mass production industry claim to “strive” towards improving factory conditions, but most of the time they don’t carry through with their commitments. So will burning down the factories be enough to have those companies actually focus on improving factory conditions, or will it just be ignored as before?
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I find this article not so shocking because Bangladesh is poor country so it's not suprising that there labor laws are bad. I think that this is both the factory owners and the governments fault because the government needs to make laws and rules that benefit the worker and the owners. On the other had I think that the factory owners need to fix the problem by themselves because it is there responsibility to make sure their workers are comfortable but not too comfortable where they take advantage of everything. I think that Bangladesh and many other countries need to fix or make labor laws that will make everyone happy.
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ReplyDeleteProfits or morals. Cheap prices or higher prices. It's a shame how industry tends to be separated into just two distinct categories-developing countries without regulations that can provide greater profit margins and more money in the consumer's pocket, and developed countries with regulations that come at the cost of profits and cheap prices. The average consumer may be horrified by such riots and poor working conditions, but nobody's going to complain about more money for both the company and themselves.
SK period 9- I'm surprised that factory conditions have not yet improved. This is not the first time tragedy has struck in Bangladesh. Their factories are known for unsafe working conditions. There have been promises to improve conditions for workers, but the same things keep happening again and again. It's clear that all around the world, there need to be stricter laws regarding government factory conditions, and harsher punishments. It's just sad that it often takes a tragedy for people to get the message and finally respond.
ReplyDeleteI think that it is terrible that people have to work in such bad conditions. It is the full responsibility of the owner/boss to make sure the conditions are safe, let alone good. This should not have happened in really shows how, sometimes, greed overpowers responsibility. On the other hand, I really like the strategy that labor activists ares using to try to better working conditions. The fact that retailers could drastically improve working conditions by just paying 10 cents for every article of clothing is really surprising. It really ruins their public image and they might have to do something about it if they want to keep their company.
ReplyDeleteEshawn Sharma World History Per 9
I feel like Bangladesh- being the second largest textile manufacturer in the world, is always on the news, and it's usually for the same reason. A lot of the attention that Bangladesh has is revolved around its poor working conditions and child labor. More importantly, what shocks people more than the incident itself is the people behind it, and its always popular American and British clothing companies. Ussually, its the same names that constantly pop up in the new, such as Tommy Hilfiger, GAP, and JC Penny that are advocates of this abusive labor. Finnally, countries like Bangladesh are getting noticed in the world and reforms are on their way. Eventually, Bangladesh will go through the same journey we did 100 years ago during the Industrial Revolution.
ReplyDelete-Maisha Savani Pd 9
Most of society still believes that factory working conditions are safe and fair nowadays, and that issues the country had dealt with during the Industrial Revolution are far over. Even though conditions had majorly improved since then, the research paper we wrote in the beginning of the year as well as this article have taught me and many others that workers are still not working in completely safe environments and that their bosses/owners are not fulfilling all requirements of keeping their conditions safe and healthy. For example, if the owners had took the time out to reconstruct their unstable building when the inspectors had warned them about its dangers, hundreds of lives would have been saved. Similar situations are occurring in factories across the world and society is completely oblivious to it. Even though the dangers and unfairness may not be as extreme as it was in the Industrial Revolution, major changes still need to be made because hundreds of worker's lives and health are being put on the line for the simple ignorance of their owners. -maytal
ReplyDeleteThis was one of those articles that makes the reader really angry. Even after the workers insisted that the factory owners should inspect the building for working hazards, the owners refused and told the workers to continue working. The governments information minister did agree with the workers that the death of 320 people was the owners fault. But I also disagree with the protesters actions towards this event. They should e able to protest but not so violently; not to the poor where they are burning down other buildings and setting fires. Because their actions resulted in arrests. I definitely think it was a good idea for the factories to be closed for the weekend so that workers could aid in the rescue efforts at Rana Plaza. Now, engineers are being hired to examine the structural stability of all the country garment factories. It's sad how people need to die in order for the government to step in.
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ReplyDeleteI feel like that they do have a right to be angry about the entire ordeal. The companu\y should have just closed up. They were told to as well but they didn't listen and it caused to so many deaths that could have been prevented instead.
I was upset to know that so many people had to die only because of a protest. Only because some people weren't happy with their job they burned their factory down and so many people had to loose their lives. on the other hand i was also happy because the factory owner was arrested. I think it was totally his fault, because he had treated his employees equaly then i don't think they would have gotten so upset. The President at this time had to make some very important decisions because burning of factories not only cost some lives but their trading was decreasing because their product was in great demand. pd9 Ip
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