Walmart And Gap Announce Bangladesh Safety Plan With Less Accountability

Walmart And Gap Announce Bangladesh Safety Plan With Less Accountability: pRefusing to sign onto a union-backed safety upgrade plan in Bangladesh’s garment factories, 17 U.S. retailers, including Walmart and Gap, announced their own plan on Wednesday. The plan commits $42 million to inspections and other safety steps and more than $100 million in loans and financing to help factory owners correct problems. But unlike the [...]/p