Human cost behind bargain shopping
Dateline hidden camera investigation in Bangladesh By Chris Hansen and Richard Greenberg Dateline NBC

The full transcript and the video is available here


Outside in the parking lot, Masuma lashes out at her situation.

Translator: They make us work so hard, and they cheat us so much and we’re human beings. I’m not an animal. I’m a human being. Of course I’m angry. This is really shocking.

Then her anger turns to tears.

This has also been followed by recent observation by the team representing the buyers visiting Bangladesh

General Secretary of the International Textile, Garment and Leather Workers Federation (ITGLWF) Neil Kearney said poor infrastructure, factories’ record on workers’ health and safety and working hours in Bangladesh are “appalling.”

“The government’s indifference to the victims of the Spectrum Garments disaster also damaged Bangladesh’s image abroad,” he said after a meeting with Leader of the Opposition Sheikh Hasina at her Dhanmondi office.

Kearney led a four-day mission in Bangladesh since June 5 to see what was needed to be done in the aftermath of the Spectrum Sweater Factory collapse in Savar.