To: Mike Duke, CEO
Wal-Mart - Save workers lives - become the leader in factory inspection
We implore that you become a leader in pushing for fair trade instead of free trade. It is time to put the rights of workers and the environment above low-cost goods. Please implement a plan to really do proper oversight of any factories around the globe that are making products on your behalf and encourage all other companies to follow your example.
There was a movement in the U.S. a hundred years ago when we had the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Hopefully, these two incidents in Bangladesh will result in a similar global change now that we have outsourced a significant amount of our manufacturing.
There was a movement in the U.S. a hundred years ago when we had the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. Hopefully, these two incidents in Bangladesh will result in a similar global change now that we have outsourced a significant amount of our manufacturing.
Why is this important?
I spent 2 years making a film in Bangladesh and I'd frequently drive by the garment factories and talk to garment factory workers. Hearing about the Tazreen factory fire last November and now the building collapse in Savar, it is time to ask you to lead the way in changing the status quo. From what I've ready your company had garments being made at both locations and to be realistic, only a company of your size has the pull to make this necessary change and lead the way for other manufacturers to follow.