Ellen Ruppel Shell

The Atlantic

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Correspondent for the Atlantic and Professor of Science Journalism at Boston University; author of Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture

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Three weeks after 1127 garment workers died in an eight-story building collapse, the Bangladeshi government has made some concessions to organized labor.

Bangladeshi Workers, the Garment Industry and US Consumers

Three weeks after 1127 garment workers died in an eight-story building collapse, the Bangladeshi government has made some concessions to organized labor.

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