Earlier this month, four workers employed by the Jeans Company were killed when the roof on their factory collapsed on them. Another 16 workers were injured. This roof collapse is just the last of a long line of industrial catastrophes in Pakistan (see here and here,) and reflects a corrupt political system that puts profits above workers’ lives. This company was producing clothes for major USA brands. This once again shows the brutality of a globalised economic system that scours the planet in search of the weakest and least organised sections of workers so that production costs are minimised and profits maximised.
Earlier this month, four workers employed by the Jeans Company were killed when the roof on their factory collapsed on them. Another 16 workers were injured. This roof collapse is just the last of a long line of industrial catastrophes in Pakistan (see here and here,) and reflects a corrupt political system that puts profits above workers’ lives. This company was producing clothes for major USA brands. This once again shows the brutality of a globalised economic system that scours the planet in search of the weakest and least organised sections of workers so that production costs are minimised and profits maximised.
