WSJ Investigation: Amazon Sellers Sourcing From Unsafe Factories 

it's not about amazon, this is just an attack to amazon, it's the whole commerce that works this way, if we starts making everything ethical people couldn't even afford a rubber band.

@@dom2555 that's the problem with capitalism, the work will move wherever labour is cheapest leaving people unemployed and no transferable skills

@@superfred and then the poor economy will grade up and will be someone else turn, that's how the wheel spin.

If Bangladesh put start to regulate this factories they are going to leave the country and go to another country with cheaper labour.......and unemployment will rise in Bangladesh......it's just part of the game....

@@dom2555 that would be better for humanity in the long run.

@Sherlock Holmes I think the solution is for regulation on both ends. As mentioned in the video, there are companies who would happily do more business if the workers were treated better.

you don't Derek, stop lying

It's their countryman fault not amazon

shilpa an eye opener

"Billion" its just a metaphor

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@@ShortSidd Basic arithmetic would tell you that Billion and International Trade go hand in hand.

PngDotZip they 💕 money too

And their corporate brothers at Fox “news” undo it all.

Don't put ur all eggs in single basket.....

In last six months as many as 46 garment factories have shut down in the country. That has meant 25,000 or more workers losing their jobs.

m It’s not like America where you can apply to the nearest fast food chain & get a job. In most countries, jobs are scarce

Buying clothes from bangladesh is like wearing someone elses shroud.

Increasing standards does not have to mean layoffs

ok. I don't know how you read my comment. but i feel you took it wrongly. I am talking of population growth. If you just do some fact finding then you will realise that every country be it west or east have or had a population "explosion" of sorts. the family were larger since the life expectancy and eventual survival was low due to poor health and medical setup. so it made sense to have more babies since hardly a few of them would make it to the adult hood. then as the access to better medicine and hygiene progressed the rate of deaths started to reduce in comparison to births. hence the rapid increase in population. but as the number of ppl increase due to better standards of living the cost of living increases. now there are more ppl but same amount of resources. Earlier the rate of death used to trim out the population but now that wasn't the case. so ppl start to have 1 or 2 babies so they can provide for a better living than what our earlier generations had. that way birth rate reduces and leads to a balancing of population. western countries have had that phase during the industrial revolution. now we in Asia are going through it.

@@marcelsilva7693 population control

That was 1911...this is now. We didn't have even a dream of the tech we have now. We have the ability to do better and we must.

Sherlock Holmes What do you mean sponsored? They’re just based in the US. That’s it. We don’t have state media here, or at least not yet.

Ya where is the talk of tariff against bandgladesh, cloth production used to be part of us economy too.

There will be a new Bangladesh... Just wait & watch. But at first we need the rules & regulations to be applied properly.If the top of the chain is honest and accountable then the bottom has to be the same.The changes should come from the top.And give the respect to the hard working people who’re willing to take this kind risk and put them out there to support their families and survive.Be Respectful to everyone.

That series is way too eye opening, I know it’s a parody of what the tech industry is but it’s only funny bc it’s true

Unsafe working conditions.

I would say the automation because cheap labor is almost always needed no matter how unethical it might be and the automation would replace most and some medium wage jobs in local area like example a cashier in KESKO Oyj grocery store.

sweety, its an investigation ABOUT amazon. other reporters have examined er.. HM and zara. get a clue

That’s the whole point!!! Since, Amazon has gotten really big, now its being asked to comply. Nobody cares where small retailers source from.

@@visheshgupta2793 lol small retailers? what about Macy's, TJ Maxx, H&M etc, all cut from the same cloth so to speak. Its nothing new that multinational, global brands outsource their cheap fashion from impoverished countries.

Rayquazados Nobody’s denying that the big retailers source from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka etc. But point is they have their quality controls and what the video is saying is the conditions aren’t as bad since a lot of the big players refrain from dealing with blacklisted entities. Amazon allows all kinds of small retailers as well which source from the worst maintained factories without any quality checks.

Ishaan Parikh,...When one's motivation is profit before everything, including safety, regulation is strongly resisted in the name of free market capitalism.

It does for temporarily but in long term , owners of the factory are forced to change because otherwise they will have to go broke

No it won't. Anybody who has a decent amount of money here in Bangladesh knows that garment industry is very profitable. They don't want to ensure safety only because it'll lessen their profits which is a lot....

Because it’s probably one of the acord signatory

They might get sued by the brand company.

You are saying as if a murderer said “what if I killed one person there are 7 billion people on the earth. Whats the big deal”.One right other wrong dont cancel out each other. The government must step in and ban those factories. #boycottmadeinbangladesh

@@FaizanAli-op2xe Says a pakistani. #StopmakingterroristsfromPakistan

You don’t care about the safety of your own people. They get paid so little, work in bad conditions, and get treated badly by managers. These reports will help them regain a new factory and meet standards. How hard is it maintain a safety building and treat your workers fairly. You are probably one of those that don’t like these investigation reporters. You or your family are part of garment factory business. You guys have too much loob (greed)...Kono Allah bhoi nai......That you don’t care about the conditions of your workers but to put money in your pockets. Do you have any sympathy for what happened with the building destruction of Rana Plaza.

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Agreed. Personally, if is this is to change, consumer has the ultimate power.

That is why I rarely buy clothing and if I do I will spend more for ethical clothing never on Amazon.

@@kazekai8 hand woven hemp.

Consumers don't have much choice in the West since wage real wage growth has stalled since the late 1970s and most are living on consumer credit to make up the shortfall.

Did you buy the WSJ??? If so why is there value prop if you can see it online???

@@eugeniovincenzo1621 my miserly nature would not permit me to purchase such an item,

@@eugeniovincenzo1621 I subscribe to WSJ. The paper does many stories like this. But only on very rare occasions do they make a video of quality about the story such as this.

Never heard about Mainehattan? Bruh!

That's the thing you care about after seeing this?

mashallah, but these corp won't shell a dime when they have to post huge numbers for their share holder.s they don't give a toss

Varun reddy no it doesn’t

This is really nothing new and a lot of people already know about this

@@owen-nd7om people need to be reminded even if that's the case

ZBdude149 or just be educated about products you buy? Just a thought

@Joe Al Stick to, deeeez nutss

@ MARUF Bhai... You don’t care about the safety of your own people. They get paid so little, work in bad conditions, and get treated badly by managers. These reports will help them regain a new factory and meet standards. How hard is it maintain a safety building and treat your workers fairly. You are probably one of those that don’t like these investigation reporters. You or your family are part of garment factory business. You guys have too much loob (greed)...Kono Allah bhoi nai......That you don’t care about the conditions of your workers but to put money in your pockets. Do you have any sympathy for what happened with the building destruction of Rana Plaza.

First point I'm not related with garments sector and my family have no business related to garments sector... Second point,nowadays 100 of garments improving there safely and improving there working condition. If you portrait 1 incident and thoes 100 good garment will effected if buyer not come Third point,,I've sympathy toward the family who lost their life and obviously i want they have to improve salary and safety ok.but when we build bad reputation about our this sector it will be disaster for our economy..and do you any better job or Sector for 10 Millions people? And bro sometime we have to think with our brain not always with emotiona.i hope you understand my stand.

The American Way!

Also when amazon moves into Robotic labour to *save* these factor workers, Wall Street Journal will come with a new article: Amazon robotic taking over labour workers. God, it's a never-ending cycle.

Also most fast fashion clothes use synthetic fibers.

Yeah this is what I would argue on. People need to realize how impossible it is police the entirety of Amazons marketplace. You're asking Amazon to connect with every single seller and check where every single product is coming from on their marketplace. Honestly that right there is impossible.

Blog of The W3st amazon is not the one that buys it is the seller

You don’t care about the safety of your own people. They get paid so little, work in bad conditions, and get treated badly by managers. These reports will help them regain a new factory and meet standards. How hard is it maintain a safety building and treat your workers fairly. You are probably one of those that don’t like these investigation reporters. You or your family are part of garment factory business. You guys have too much loob (greed)...Kono Allah bhoi nai......That you don’t care about the conditions of your workers but to put money in your pockets. Do you have any sympathy for what happened with the building destruction of Rana Plaza.

Exactly. If people bother to read western histories, they'll realised that America and Europe was once like this and in some case, even worse conditions. What these 3rd world countries suffered is nothing new. Western countries have suffered the same.

Muhammed Arif The investigation is about unsafe factory and worker conditions. Its is not about whether bangladesh has world class factories or not. It should not have and encourage unsafe factory and worker conditions. Period!. #boycottmadeinbagladesh

Do you think the government isn't aware of these factories. People allowed for these to go unchecked. The only way to bring change is through journalism like this one. Agreed on Bangladesh having world class factories but this isn't a piece about that

That's not the point of the video. Wall Street Journal isn't responsible for good PR for Bangladesh.

@@mirzaahmed6589 yeah. I think government must show some responsibility here.

It’s a very top corrupted country. Yet a very poor country. People even get away with murder.