June 20th 2014, Bangladesh: men and women are at work in VF Corporation factories making products for Medlar Apparels when short circuiting in video equipment erupts into a fire and over 50 workers are injured. VF Corporation is a well-established powerhouse of the garment industry, with about $11 billion net worth. The prominence of this corporation would lead one to believe this is a mere accident that rarely occurs across their factories. However, further investigation into the working of the factories reveals a stomach-turning reality. The facilities themselves provide less than adequate safety for the thousands of minimum wage workers, which overlooks the building codes and fire safety laws.
There is one simple way to describe the workings of VF’s Bangladeshi garment factories: they are sweatshops. Profit driven machines working past fundamental human rights in order to provide the brands with their products. The heartbreaking circumstance is that based…
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