Where Were You When You Heard About Rana Plaza?
b'Namza Akter remembers being on her way to her office in\\xa0Dhaka\\xa0when she heard about the 8:57 a.m. collapse of\\xa0Rana Plaza. Before the workers rights activist and Bangladeshi Awaj Foundation founder learned there were more than 3,000 workers inside, more than a third of whom would be found dead in the rubble, her first thought went to news reports from the day before about factory workers complaining about cracks in the building, she told attendees at the\\xa0Sourcing Journal Sustainability Summit.\\nMany of the workers told management they did not feel safe going back to work, but were told if they didn\\u2019t they wouldn\\u2019t be paid for the entire month, meaning the previous 23 days of labor would have been all for naught.\\n\\u201cThere was a large shipment, a political strike, so the factory manufacturers told them if they do not go for work they will not get salary. They had four days until the end of the month, so they didn\\u2019t have the option, didn\\u2019t have the choice," said Akter.\\xa0\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'