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Striking Workers, Bangladeshi Activist Challenge Walmart on Labor Conditions at Stores & Factories 2

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Channel: Democracy Now! · 2013 · News & Politics

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http://www.democracynow.org - As celebrities including Tom Cruise and Hugh Jackman celebrated Walmart at its annual meeting last week, workers and activists converged to demand sweeping changes at the company's U.S. stores and global factories. Around 100 striking workers with the group OUR Walmart arrived in a caravan from across the country to protest what they allege to be retaliation against those seeking to change company practices on wages, safety and unions. Kalpona Akter, a workers' rights activist from Bangladesh, urged Wal-Mart to stop rejecting new safety standards after the Dhaka building collapse that killed over 1,100 workers in April. Walmart is one of only a few major retailers that have refused to sign on to an industry-wide agreement that establishes legally binding protections for garment workers. On the heels of bringing her demands to Walmart shareholders, Akter joins us to discuss the campaign for improved safety standards in factories used by Walmart and other major retailers. A former garment worker from the age of 12, she is now Executive Director of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity. We're also joined by Scott Nova, Executive Director of the Worker Rights Consortium, which investigates working conditions in factories around the world; and by Josh Eidelson, a journalist covering labor issues for The Nation who reported from the Walmart shareholders meeting last week.
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