The Human Face behind the Global Economy
Bangladesh Workers' Tour
September 28 through October 29, 2004

Update from the Road #1, September 28-October 8 New York to Charleston, WV to Granville, OH to Cincinnati to Columbus to Dayton to Louisville, KY to St. Louis, MO to Iowa City, IA to Milwaukee to Madison, Wisconsin Update from the Road #2, October 9-October 29 Read a letter from the workers after their return to Bangladesh

Press from the tour:

The Daily Iowan (University of Iowa) "Bangladeshis detail horror of sweatshop at U. Iowa forum" by Traci Finch (10/7/04) (.doc)

The Daily Cardinal (University of Wisconsin-Madison) "Sweatshop workers recount horrors of child labor in Bangladesh" by Laura-Claire Corson (10/8/04) (.doc)

The Daily Illini (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) "Other campuses: Sweatshop workers recount horrors of child labor in Bangladesh" by Laura-Claire Corson (10/11/04) (.doc)

The Madison Times "A Tale of Two Bangladeshi Workers" by Laura Salinger (10/15/04) (.doc)

The Harvard Crimson "Workers Tell of Poor Conditions" by Victoria Kim (10/20/04) (.doc)

Wal-MartSucks.com "Wal-Mart supplier in Bangladesh cite low pay, physical abuse" 10/20/04) (.doc)

The Heights (Boston College) "Sweatshop Workers Tell Story" by Joanne Hallare (10/21/04) (.doc)

Yale Daily News "Garment Workers Call for Yalies' Support" by Easha Anand (10/26/04)

The Sophian (Smith College) "Sweatshop Workers Visit Smith" by Nikoleta Papadopoulos (10/28/04) (.doc)

Trenton Times "Garment Workers Appeal for U.S. Help" by Joseph Dee (10/28/04) (.doc)

Read background information about the tour and the workers.