One year after Bangladesh factory collapse, Chicago-area activists demand safer conditions for Walmart workers
Photo by Ashlee Rezin courtesy Progress Illinois
April 24, 2014: Chicago, IL -- Eli Fishman (holding sign, left), Chicago Jewish Labor Committee Director, represented the JLC at an Our Walmart demonstration in front of the Walmart Lakeview store on the north side of the "Windy City." The rally was called to commemorate the one year anniversary of the collapse of the Rana Plaza sewing factory in Bangladesh that resulted in the death of more than 1,100 workers. Also recognized were workers from a Walmart warehouse who were recently fired for speaking out on safety issues.
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