Tazreen vs. Triangle
November 24th and 25th in the year 2012 a fire stormed the factory of Tazreen Fashions in Dhaka, Bangladesh where more than 100 workers perished (Bajaj, 2012). The blaze initiated on Saturday at 7 pm and took all night for firefighters to extinguish. A large majority of the plants manufacturing was made for Wal-Mart, as well as other American and European brands. Due to the notably poor fire safety precautions and the fact that the plants managers blocked off some of the stair cases preventing anyone to leave, as a result people had leapt out of the windows to their deaths (BBC News, 2012). Officials began to search for the owner of the factory to question him about the alleged building violations. Wal-Mart, had officially …show more content…
The majority of the workers consisted of primarily women of varying ages and some middle aged men; some workers were as young as 10 years old. The owners of the building, Max Blanck and Issac Harris profited tremendously by manufacturing a modern woman’s garment, the shirtwaist. In an effort to ensure the workers did not steal any of the company’s goods, as a precaution, Blanch instructed the foreman to check each workers handbag for any stolen property. To make certain a worker does not sneak out before being checked, Blanch instructed the foreman to lock all surrounding exit doors, except for one (Tirangle Shirtwaist Fire 1911, …show more content…
Additional similarities were seen in the fate of the young female workers, although in one case immigrant and the other rural migrants, they each suffered in throughout each day and paid for the sins of their bosses with their
November 24th and 25th in the year 2012 a fire stormed the factory of Tazreen Fashions in Dhaka, Bangladesh where more than 100 workers perished (Bajaj, 2012). The blaze initiated on Saturday at 7 pm and took all night for firefighters to extinguish. A large majority of the plants manufacturing was made for Wal-Mart, as well as other American and European brands. Due to the notably poor fire safety precautions and the fact that the plants managers blocked off some of the stair cases preventing anyone to leave, as a result people had leapt out of the windows to their deaths (BBC News, 2012). Officials began to search for the owner of the factory to question him about the alleged building violations. Wal-Mart, had officially …show more content…
The majority of the workers consisted of primarily women of varying ages and some middle aged men; some workers were as young as 10 years old. The owners of the building, Max Blanck and Issac Harris profited tremendously by manufacturing a modern woman’s garment, the shirtwaist. In an effort to ensure the workers did not steal any of the company’s goods, as a precaution, Blanch instructed the foreman to check each workers handbag for any stolen property. To make certain a worker does not sneak out before being checked, Blanch instructed the foreman to lock all surrounding exit doors, except for one (Tirangle Shirtwaist Fire 1911, …show more content…
Additional similarities were seen in the fate of the young female workers, although in one case immigrant and the other rural migrants, they each suffered in throughout each day and paid for the sins of their bosses with their