Wal-Mart's indifference towards Rana Plaza victims

Wal-Mart is one of only a few major retailers that have refused to sign on to the new safety standards after the Dhaka tragedy. Tazreen Fashion fire killed 112 workers and left hundreds injured. And Rana Plaza collapse killed 1,127 and left more than 600 or 700 injured for lifetime. And in that shareholder meeting, they haven't even expressed any condolence for those families. They haven't felt sad. No word for those.
One worker of Rana Plaza said, “We didn't want to go up in the factory this morning, but the management forced us to go up and said there was no problem with the building. Just after that, I sat on my table to work, and the building just collapsed. I couldn't even leave. I was trapped at my table.”
Despite a spotty record on labour issues, Obama's visit to Wal-Mart was the first ever by a sitting president to a Wal-Mart store -- to the world's largest retailer who raised the ire of some labour advocates; who have long criticised the retailer for low wages and importing goods from China rather than buying from U.S. manufacturers. Yet the same cost-saving motivations that have led Wal-Mart have cut corners on labour!
Ted Rudow III, MA
Encina Ave
Palo Alto, CA