Confirmed- 124 dead in Wal-Mart supplier factory fire

[James48]

35. Breaking- WAL-MART knew!

and listed the factory as "Orange", one step away from banning purchases, due to worker conditions at the factory.

They KNEW.

http://bdnews24.com/details.php?id=236966&cid=4

"Dhaka, Nov 25 (bdnews24.com)— Importers were not satisfied with Tazreen Fashions Limited, the readymade garment factory in Ashulia, where a fire killed at least 110 of its workers, and ranked its working condition as 'highly risky'

A document posted on the factory's website shows the main importer of the factory, Wal-Mart, listed it, a sister concern of Tuba Group, in the 'Orange' category, just below 'Red,' which prohibits signing of any deal with it.

It surfaced in the coverage of the influential US newspaper The New York Times on the worst ever factory fire in Bangladesh.

According to The New York Times, an "ethical sourcing" official for the Wal-Mart flagged "violations and/or conditions which were deemed to be high risk" at the Ashulia factory on May 16, 2011.

The Wal-Mart evaluation, however, did not specify the nature of the infractions.

The Wal-Mart categories to evaluate a factory's compliance are 'Green', 'Yellow', 'Orange' and 'Red'.

A factory remaining in the 'Orange' category in three assessments for two consecutive years is automatically placed in the 'Red' category, leading to the cancellation of business deal with it for a year. "

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