Betrayal in Bangladesh: The 2013 Dhaka Garment Factory Collapse
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- The How & Why of the 2013 Dhaka Garment Factory Collapse at Rana Plaza in Savar, Bangladesh. A deadly tragedy that raised global awareness of the less-than-ethical clothing manufacturing industry, political corruption and lack of safety regulation in Bangladesh.
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John Oliver's LWT episode on fashion explained this shit... Few years ago...
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It made me happy to hear the bank on the lower floor listened to the engineer and told their workers to stay home. Someone still has some common sense it seems
i know right
It really comes to something when the *bank* of all things is the shining example of placing people over profits in a situation like this!
@@Hannah_Em damn, when you put it that way, it sure is.
The bank had grounds to not pay rent, lose customer patronage in other branches, and had had enough of rana’s thuggery.
Articulate. Tell me more of this
And that’s why cheap clothes are cheap. Shameless.
Thing is some of those sweatshops are making stuff for even high-end brands. So you're also paying too much for something you expect to be made in a good factory. So also cheap clothes for high prices, with most of that money not going to the people who should be getting that money.
i only wear second-hand / thrift for 25 years now. NOT ONE CENT for them.
1,100 + is an insane victim count.
That's it.
Sampoong Mall, while it was crowded when meeting the similar fate was around 500 victims
When you said that Rana was in his basement office when the collapse happened, I was hoping that he was crushed by his own greed literally as well as figurately, but, sadly, he was not.
Seriously?! Dang, I wished he had been crushed 😔
Yeah, I was in Bangladesh when it happened. It was tragic, people calling for change, the whole shabang.
Then I remember one of my friends saying "Why would they put anyone in jail? Those who run the country are the ones who approved the damned thing. They'll just smile while the international journalists are there, then as soon as they're on their flights back to Europe or wherever, they'll turn around and quietly shut up the whole embarrassing thing, put it out of their minds while they desperately ask Gucci to pretty please come back."
Which is pretty much exactly what happened, a very predictable country at least.
This makes me sad ;-;
That's human nature in a nutshell.
And the worst part Western companies who use Bangladeshi workers still using them because they're still want to penny pinch more and satisfy greedy stock owners.
If you watch the video, no those who run the country did NOT approve. Their disapproval was voiced repeatedly, the last time being in the recommendations of the engineer the day before.
This isn't a case of "don't hate the player, hate the game." There's a thousand people dead and a lot of blame to go around and a number of individuals who bear more of it than anyone else. At the same time it's vital to send a message - it would be heard from the lowest levels to the highest.
@@faizalf119 I wrote on another comment that workers oversea should have to have the same rights as people in the country where the goods are sold. Including sick pay, holiday pay, decent working conditions, if it’s not fit for the buyers country then why are they different? Time off for maternity visits, scans etc, maternity pay & benefits. Stop them being able to sack pregnant women, it’s always the rich people becoming more rich! I don’t know how corrupt people sleep at night
This channel is quite the hidden gem. It has quite a professional looking production quality and audio mastering is perfect in my opinion. I’m addicted to these videos
When a city, state, or nation is run by corrupt politicians, don't expect them to enforce the law (because doing that would expose them).
Yup, traditions :v
Yea.. that is the thing. You get either a robert walpole situation or a robert knight one. Robert walpole was a british prime minisyer who got rich off corruption and feeding into media hysteria (sound familiar), and robert knight was a corrupt accountant who obsconded with financial records of a HIGHLY highly corrupted company (sorta like the dark knight with the accountent) so that he would not be executed and so that walpole could gain power. (Sound familiar)
I guarantee you these corrupt people will NIT GO UNNOTICED for very much longer! They will pay a heavy price in the end for their greed!
From what I've been able to find, the trial for murder against Rana still hasn't started yet due to constant appeals. I think he still faces the death penalty for it, so hopefully there is *some* justice for all those that died
Bangladeshi national pride? I'm speechless.
Accidents are sad. Mistakes are tragic. This is sinful.
13:33 flying rickshaw on the left of the picture
*"A crack in the building is not a hazard"*
How can anyone say that with a straight face?
Cracks can be from settling but sometimes they can be a major problem
@@tird108 The way a building settles should be determined by a geotechnical engineer to prevent cracking entirely. Cracks, especially deep ones that show up overnight, aren't just 'a major problem'- they're a boldfaced warning from nature itself. Gravity and chemistry said 'no' to the building. Hardly anyone can say 'no' right back.
"How can anyone say that with a straight face"? Easily if they don't care.
He didn't. He said it with a threatening face (as someone who has always got what they want in their way all their entire life does)
Love your work Sam, it's so meticulous and professional. Thank you for these videos.
Edit: Glad you got a sponsor hookup with Magellan, you deserve it for your effort mate. Best from Aus.
Thanks so much for the kind words Sixstringed, glad you're enjoying the content!
@@BrickImmortar sometimes I read names of people without a clue about their name& think ‘yeah, they look a Sam’ for example & yeah, it suits you 😀 Thank you for all the great information, you’d be an excellent teacher or lecturer. You wouldn’t just pass on information, but morals too
Thank you. This needs to be kept in front of us.
A lesson from most of these videos. If an engineer asks or suggests that you do “further inspections immediately”, you do them no questions asked.
Reminds me of Sampoong Department Store tbh.
Then the issue becomes that the owners are weighing profits over safety.
Always listen to the engineers. So many tragedies could be and could have been prevented.
Another amazing job where your talents shine! Even with out spooky music!
Thanks as always for the supportive words Mark, always so inspiring!
I hate that these stories are a great way to “remind” administrators why we need OSHA and occupational health.
But then big companies would just find other countries to outsource their products to
@@bagaboiebailey They've already done that to the max. _Everything_ that can be produced cheaper in some hellhole is already being made there.
Occupational health, yes. OSHA, no.
As if OSHA type of organization in countries like these would not be overrun with corruption in a week. I mean, happens in West too, so it would be an average day back there
It's a way to point out that corruption, especially in politics and administration, is almost always a major factor in these tragedies. That same corruption can turn things like OSHA into dens of crony/nepotism that serve only to facilitate bribery. Corruption is the root of the issue and anything built on it, regardless of its good intent, will inevitably become part of the problem.
Excellent job, as always.
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Brick Immortar and Fascinating Horror released on the same day, it's a good day.
Only plainly difficult is missing for a perfect day.
@@cpt_nordbart My thoughts exactly!
I agree
Try "Brief Case", as well. He covers older stuff in much the same, no-nonsense way as Brick Immortar and Fascinating Horror.
Another video presented respectfully and straightforward. Your efforts are much appreciated!
From the locked-in employees, no real building permits, corruption everywhere, no regulatory body showing any presence, to the blatant disregard of human life in the absence of the public. It's nuts to me how Bangladesh represents such a distopian, profit at all costs, hellhole. (not to deminish the country as a whole)
Bangladeshis must be some of the most resilient and hard-headed people in the world to put up with what they do. Constantly exploited by international companies and their own ruling class alike, with nobody representing the interests of the middle and lower classes (or if there is they are ignored). Textile factories, chemical plants, manufacturing industries, shipbreaking yards... it goes on and on, and there's always someone waiting to take your job if you've had enough. Real tough people.
@@sixstringedthing yeah, certainly. I hope it will get better for them soon
the british are clearly at fault
Isn't it how neoliberals imagine "economy free of leftist limitations" ? It seems that this is where USA is heading towards...
@@noldo3837 not neoliberals, libertarians
God I'm in shock at how many people they crammed in there. That's sickening
@@damedusa5107 Or we can just have the laws preventing monopolies and duopolies and the market would sort itself out and people would be able to buy locally made goods. But when you have an H&M and Zara being so huge and having economies of scale on their side, it puts every new value orientated brand out of business.
the building looked 50 years old as soon as it was built!
My new favorite channel for learning about Engineering Disasters!
Thank you so much!
I feel labelling them Engineering Disasters is a bit misleading when the problem with most of these was that nobody listened to the engineers or even employed any qualified engineers in the first place. I think we should call it by its name, they are Capitalism Disasters.
👍👍👍👍👍well presented as always Sam
I remember when this happened! Informative video, thank you.
Thank you for covering this, this story is so important.
This is one of the reasons I started learning to fix my own clothes. Like, I can't prevent the exploitation of garment workers, but I can at least reduce my reliance on their exploitation.
Here early for once! Happy to have found this channel through Fascinating Horror!
Another very informative video. Thanks for sharing✅❤️
A Tragic story of greed & corruption (but well told). Let's face it, the same greed & corruption happens all over the globe. This might be an extreme example but not unique.
Even before seeing things like this, as a kid I got a sketchy vibe when I started seeing “Made in Bangladesh” on the labels of my clothes. I really feel for those poor people.
"fearing damage to their national pride"
with so many lives literally on the line, so unbelievably disgusting.
With so many lives lost, what effing pride could they even have left!?
Great video.
UTTERLY UTTERLY WICKEDNESS.
Thank you for making this interesting and informative video.
I hope that it will help shed light on an undoubtedly ongoing problem.
If you want to buy US made ethical clothing, the old American Apparel (which WAS made in USA but got bought by Gildan and moved to Honduras and China in 2017), the original founders have formed a new company “Los Angeles Apparel” with many of the same original AA workers, same South Los Angeles headquarters area, many of the same clothing items as original.
Great video! Many things about the global clothing industry could use a change.
How does your channel have so little subs? Won't be long till you blow up with this quality. - new subscriber
Very well done video. This is why the fast fashion industry needs to end. I can't look at an Old Navy or Forever 21 without feeling like I'm going to vomit. So many clothes. . . made by essentially slave labor. Disgusting.
@Gazza Boo the fashion industry (or wider clothing industry really) knows full well what they're doing and what sort of practices and people they are essentially funding, but they prefer margins over ethics and pretend to not know, dealing only with the "respectable" suppliers that they know will subcontract orders to the (even) less savoury businesses. This empowers the thug culture that keeps the system corrupt, making sure that anyone sticking their neck out trying to clean up will fail. The economic pressures keeping these practices going are enormous, and more often that not the source is western consumer goods demand.
You could argue that the biggest failure is consumers not caring, and in a way that is correct, but at the same time I find it unreasonable to delegate responsibility for ethical production and sourcing of all manner of goods to the individual, even if it seems that this is sometimes the only thing that works...
The problem is people in the USA can't afford to buy quality clothing. Even thrift stores are picked through and resold faster than anyone can find a gem... and thrift stores are not size inclusive AT ALL.
Ohh my GOD just those random planks on the outside of those top few floors! What in the actual shit is that!! Holy fucking hell. How can anyone making people work in there even sleep at night.
An excellent presentation! In many respects this is superior to documentaries that make it to broadcast television.
If UA-cam notifications and recommendations were more reliable, I’m sure I would have exhausted your archive of content already.
"At the beginning of any disaster movie, there is always a scientist getting ignored"
"no one should die for fashion" It isn't for fashion, it is for profit. It isn't the West's obsession for fashion that caused this disaster, it was the owner of the garment manufacturing business that wanted to maximize his profits.
That owner is just one among dozens and dozens of cheap labor manufacturing business that the fashion industry requires to satisfy demand.
I buy almost all my cloths from local second hand shops. It's my way of not supporting fast fashion. Which is one of the largest polluters on earth. And not supporting these companies that have no regards to workers.
This incident had our entire nation shook. We all wanted change. But sadly tho, nothing ever changes in Bangladesh. A few hefty bribes to the right people and you’ll be back in business in no time. This exact incident could happen again tomorrow and nothing would change in Bangladesh. Corruption and money rules Bangladesh. Human lives are worth nothing.
Bangladesh officials always ignore help from other nations while the peiple are like rotting in proverty
These garment factories don’t have employees. Employees can quit a job and not be dragged to work by their boss and beaten.These factories have slaves.
Thank you for covering this Sam. I wrote a paper about this disaster for a college course., likely my favorite project although very sad.
Over 1100 dead, he was fined less than 600USD. Unbelievable.
10:00 this happens in the USofA.
11:12 where you see what looks like doors at end of the overhanging top 3 stories, I wonder if those are fire escape doors to nowhere?
I used to be forensic architecture technician. One of our services was to Inspect buildings for fire code compliance, usually after some kind of problem has been identified. But often we just found non-compliant things while inspecting for more typicall issues such as water infiltration. We always felt it was our ethical and professional duty to report potential violations where we saw them. I’m not sure if we were legally obligated to do so also but we did anyway. Just looking at the picture of this building makes my skin crawl.
Btw, our prime turf was the Condos and motels of Myrtle Beach, we had so much work we called it “Fertile Myrtle”. There was a building boom in the 80’s and there was no way the county bldg inspectors could have kept up. I suspect lots of “drive-by” inspections. The most common safety code violations were for fire-stopping between units. Whenever a pipe passes through floors or walls of adjoining units (typically above the ceiling where you can’t see it) you must seal that penetration completely around the pipe or conduit with a fire-resistant goo. Also, if you were to remove the electrical socket cover on the wall, you are not supposed to see the back of the socket box for the next room over. There is a minimum distance the electrical sockets need to be offset from each other. This is because if there was a fire, it could jump easily from one room to another through the holes in the wall. This rule does not apply to houses though.
I work in the electrical trade in Australia. Unlike the US, our building code does not require wall boxes for power outlets/switches in residential properties, except in multi-dwelling-units for fireproofing and acoustic isolation. My colleague and I did the electrical/data/CCTV on the first MDU project for a residential developer-builder we'd worked with previously, and the guy fought us every step of the way re. fitting fireproof boxes. Didn't care a jot about occupant safety, just wanted it done for the cheapest possible cost (surprise!). He kept it up until the Fire Engineers confirmed that they would not certify the building without them, and even then he tried to get an exemption from council. My colleague and I quickly agreed that we wouldn't be working on any more of his projects.
@@sixstringedthing No boxes?! How do you set the outlets in the wall? Are they just held in by the faceplate?
I understand completely. I work in construction and it's horrific how badly thought out things are, once my boss wanted me to put up non fire resistant drywall around the elevators and the emergency stairwells IN A HOSPITAL!!! HE THREATENED TO FIRE ME! I alerted someone with much higher authority, he asked me why I would risk my job...that's not the proper question, why would I risk thousands of lives, not to mention people that may not be able to move quickly, my exact words after that were " it will be done properly or I will make this a serious problem for everyone involved" I got fired of course,
It's frustrating that stores force us all to participate in, basically, slave labor. Most people don't make enough money to buy truly ethically produced clothes. I buy most of my stuff second hand but I know there's a stigma around that so I don't blame people who don't want to buy used clothing.
I worry that if I buy from a secondhand store, I'm depriving someone who can't afford new clothes of the opportunity to buy.
Or we return to the olden time of paying a tailor to sew most of our clothing.
@@faizalf119 We'd have to adjust our expectations. Most people would have two, maybe three outfits tops.
@@MrBirdnose I don't see why not. We're stuck in a stigma that if we don't follow the latest trend then we're considered poor and spit upon. You can always get a piece of clothing once a month from legit tailors in USA or Hong Kong. Soon you will have a good amount without breaking the bank. Sure they cost more than going to Walmart but hey, at least we don't use forced labor
@@faizalf119 Also high quality craftsman made pieces last longer than fast fashion factory items.
Gloablism is bullshit and stories like this make me so angry. If we went back to local production, everyone is self-sustainable, no big ass global corps buying everyone off, no slave labor exploit. The workers deserve better. We ALL deserve better.
Anyone have a list of brands to cut out? This type of BS is evil and needs to be brought to the light and stay in the light.
Thank you for bringing this story forward to your audience. ❤️🙏🏻
My heart goes out to the victims and their families. No one should be beaten to work or forced into a deadly situation to put food on the table.
Collectively we will need to remove such corrupt individuals for each of our own corners of the world to prevent further tragedies like this one. We can “vote” with what we buy, get involved in local committees, and educate. From consumer to corporate executive to shareholder to factory worker, we each hold responsibility to expose corruption. The more we expose it, the greater the momentum will grow to seek justice and the tables can turn. Letting it get swept under the rug is how the rot remains.
1100 people just lost their lives in few meters of place. Can't Imagine that..😢
Awesome summary on the complicated history of this! Love your work!
SOOOOO.........nothing changed.
Love the creative content
I never understood how countries can turn down help from outside sources over pride. You'd rather your own people die.... Also how does getting help hurt your pride? It's not like the outsiders aren't aware that y'all obviously need help and aren't equipped to handle the issue yourself. So you're not hiding anything by ignoring or refusing it.
I have met plenty of people who believe accepting help is showing weakness. Where are you from?
We’ll allow our citizens to work in dangerous slums, but our pride won’t allow us to accept help. 🤦♂️
It was a horrific so called accident but actually a murder. Which killed 1200 lives.
If it's any consolation, the owner of Loblaws/superstore Canada, and Joe brand clothing donated millions of dollars to the people, as well as, if I recall correctly funding a proper factory to replace it.
I really cannot stand people who are greedy! When the love of money takes you over, and it consumes you. Once that happens, you don't care about people anymore, and that can have dangerous consequences!
Thrift. Reuse. Reduce. Recycle.
Corruption. Period.
so what companies got their clothes from these factories?
My goodness it looks like what you see after an earthquake happened. Did you see how young females workers ; they look like 12 years old. This is as bad as human trafficking because of the work conditions.
Love the content, have been binge watching. One thing I have noticed (anyone else?) is so many of these disasters happen in April!
So sad.. sigh
Yes, very and kinda shines a light on some of the darker sides of retail 😔
Very sad
Corruption kills.
Excellent video! Corruption is prevalent in so many parts of the world but is rampant in what are known as third world countries
Heart breaking beyond words….
Thank you for explaining how this system works. This is a terrible story and major clothing manufacturers need to be made aware of the indignities these poor people face day to day.
They're aware, they just don't care. Buy from Fair Trade and B Corp certified brands.
Next time you go to buy a garment from any store knows it most likely paid in blood.
Great vid Immortar. Failed justice system indeed. RIP to those poor souls and condolences to their families.
Triangle Shirtwaist disaster
Great content. Subbed!
And then some people boycotted the brands in question, the brands promised not to do it again, and absolutely nothing changed.
UGH so infuriating! R. I. P. to the victims
Poor working conditions abroad is just another reason I prefer to buy domestic.
It's unsettling that the Google Street View car just happened to drive by this place the same month of the collapse, probably not too long after. You can see what remained of the damaged structure with crowds peoples looking out at the rubble.
Absolutely heartbreaking 😭 Thank you for your part in highlighting this tragedy, the memory of those affected, & the wider systemic problems involved. My only hope is that coverage like this will continue to flag the massive issues surrounding the fast fashion industry & hopefully lead to changes that may save lives in future? It's easy to see these sorts of events as remote from our daily lives in more 'developed' countries - if we hear about them at all! - but they're not. We all live in a globally-connected world, and our choices matter...
It's crazy how few people in the western world know of this tragedy, even though, it killed almost 3 times as many proplr who died in the Sampoong Department Store collapse.
You can only know what is available to you.
But...
How much money can you really save by not buying 13 fire extinguishers?
Or installing fire prevention systems?
Surely you make MORE money by NOT having your business burn down?
Where's the thought in this?
In having everything cheap and replaceable, and not thinking the business is ever going to burn down.
why do the rich be such monsters in places like this. out and out cruelty, dehumanization of living beings. and no oversight. this sickens me.
Every time I hear "national pride" mentioned in this kind of video my blood just boils.
Another great video, thanks Brick Immortar. Just a quick question, what is the aquarium footage at the end and what is the music? I had a look through @Mors and I couldn't find it. It sounds excellent to use when studying! Many thanks
Watching again from the clips channel. Seeing dozens of people standing on collapsed slabs and swarming all over the rubble sends a chill down my spine.
Hate to think how many preventable deaths and injuries might have been caused by further shifting/collapse of the mess due to the poorly organised rescue effort.
I'm sure the bystanders and first responders were simply doing the best they could in the circumstances; they needed organisation and coordination from appropriate authorities, which seems to have been almost completely absent.
It's always about the money.
After hearing about this terrible event I made sure I looked at the labels of clothing I intended to purchase. Any clothing bearing the label "Made In Bangladesh" was immediately left on the rack. In fact I do not buy clothes made in Asian countries for fear of supporting a corrupt system that allows dreadful working conditions in garment factories. This makes shopping for new clothes difficult, but if one takes the time and is prepared to spend more then it is possible to buy clothes that are manufactured in Europe.
The problem is that people don't actually know where the clothes they buy are made. The factories in Bangladesh produce many name brands, and it's not on the label.
Sadly, the majority of people can't afford to shop as such. I would do the same if I could. However in the current state of the world and the economy -- especially here in Australia where our dollar is plummeting -- I can't afford anything beyond mass-produced ecommerce crap. I hate it. I hate buying from them, I hate knowing what I'm supporting. But I literally can't afford more ethically-produced products. I can barely afford to eat for each whole fortnight.
As such I do my best to mend and upcycle what I have. I very rarely buy new clothes, I prefer to repair what I can and use unmendable items for scrap/patch fabric. I buy what household items I can from second hand/charity shops. I do my best to avoid sweatshop-produced items but sometimes it's just unavoidable. I hate that this is where or society has ended up.
Thinga changed after 2013
I understand the frustration you have in how nearly all those responsible were never charged. as a Pakistani I know exactly why. rampant corruption. our countries have some of the worst corruption, outlined in this video by all the ill prepared permits.
Sick
I don't buy new clothes.
Thanks for your excellent video on this subject. It's sad to see such a horrific and unnecessary loss of life, and so little punishment doled out to prevent similar incidents in the future. Many of the garments I buy are made in Africa. I fear that similar stories happen there, unbeknownst to us.
This is exactly what you expect to happen when you outsource manufacturing to the third world. You cut costs directly as a result of lack of human safety.
Then pay more for clothes.
Well There's Your Problem would have a field day with this.
I find it amazing what bits of information are stored in the brain until something triggers the memory! I remember this happening, I’ve not watched it yet, but I seem to remember locked exits and fire doors chained and locked. I can’t imagine what it was like for them.
It annoys me when companies outsource work abroad to save money & increase profit. They should have to provide the same rights that uk workers have. The same sick pay, holiday pay, maternity leave & much of it paid. That goes for all countries, if an item is sold here in the uk they should get our employment rights. The people at the top are fully aware and choose to ignore it 😤💩
Then poorer countries will complain to some organisation that they are being discriminated against, the countries are so corrupt they set up "legitimate" business face for western buyers, then they lie and cheat the system.......but in general I agree, we should manufacture our own stuff.
It was actually a building collapse, but there had been a fire at a different factory before this happened.
I remember this collapse because we had just learned about the Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in history class. My teacher made a lot of parallels between the two circumstances