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Bangladesh: Another factory fire breaks out as thousands protest previous deadly blaze

News DeskNovember 26, 2012 10:32

The fire that broke out late on Saturday at the Tazreen Fashions factory near Dhaka took as many as 124 lives, according to reports, making it the deadliest fire ever to hit Bangladesh's garment industry.

Apple factory in Foxconn City inspected by Fair Labor Association

Amy SilversteinFebruary 13, 2012 15:19

A 2009 GlobalPost investigation found that human rights abuses are common at factories where Apple products are made.

Michael GoldfarbDecember 29, 2011 06:01

French manufacturing base is contracting rapidly as a result of crisis

In the last three years hundreds of factories have closed and jobs permanently lost

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Despite all the protests and demands that government do something to save jobs, French manufacturing is going through the most severe period of de-industrialization in four decades with the loss of tens of thousands of jobs. (MARTIN BUREAU/AFP/Getty Images)

In the last three years hundreds of French factories have closed as a result of the economic crisis and tens of thousands of jobs have been permanently lost

Turin, home of Fiat, could be the next Detroit if the auto industry moves on

Alessandro SpecialeFebruary 23, 2011 07:07

A battle between Fiat and its employees' unions captures the attention of all Italy, which fears its manufacturing base will disappear.