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International attention has been focused on workers' safety in Bangladesh since the disaster at Rana Plaza, a garment factory complex which collapsed in April, killing 1,132 workers. As concern runs high about the safety of garment workers, Reuters photographer Andrew Biraj spent time photographing survivors of the Rana Plaza collapse and also documenting the lives of workers in other industries in Bangladesh, where conditions can be hazardous.

The photo essays complete a body of a long term work that Suvra Kanti Das is carrying out on the garments industry and business in Bangladesh with a particular focus on workers and their working conditions. Most recent essays first.

Also video: two companies making different decisions about production in Bangladesh. Overview | Do American companies have a responsibility to ensure the health and safety of the workers who manufacture the clothing they sell? Do American consumers have any responsibility for workers in other countries who make their clothing?

On that day, early in the morning many garment workers walked into the factories of Rana Plaza, their working place. Within an hour everything was shattered. Nobody knows how many workers were running to save his or her lives at the end moment. Workers' scream echoed on the walls of Rana Plaza.

The Factory Girl From the damp, dirty hallway, From the long lines of the cafeteria, From the rumble of the machines and the unbearable factory noise, The daylight drifts by, the starlight drifts by. Forever crying on the production line, The factory girls endure exhaustion and hardship.

We've written a lot about how income has changed (or not) for the rich, middle class and poor in the U.S. We've written much less about what the rich, middle class and poor actually do for work. To remedy that, we made this graph. It shows the 10 most popular jobs in each income bracket.

Below you will find downloadable pdf files for some key Culture of Thinking resources. The research and theoretical basis for the Cultures of Thinking work can be found in my book, Intellectual Character.

Sometimes a single unlikely idea can have massive impact across the world. Sir Harold Evans, the author of They Made America, describes how frustration drove Malcom McLean, a small-town truck driver, to invent the shipping container. Containerization was born, and it transformed the modern global economy.

How did the clothes you're wearing get to you? Guardian journalists trace the lifecycle of the shirt on your back via the teeming workshops of Dhaka, where labour is cheap, factories are cheaper and just going to work can be fatal

Links to articles and information: A year since Rana Plaza collapsed

Lesson Plans for VOW's newest book, Invisible Hands, address global manufacturing. By registering with your email address, you are emailed all of the pdfs.