Factory Fire In Bangladesh
February 24, 2006

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KST Textiles Producing for U.S. Companies Workers were locked In
Workers Trapped As Fire Raged

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Death toll at the KTS Textile Industries Ltd. factory in Bangladesh reaches 84
and could climb as high as 200 or 300. (As of March 7, 2006)

Main emergency exit was illegally locked.

Many of the dead and missing were 12, 13, 14 and 15-year-old girls, who were paid just seven cents an hour.
Bodies burned beyond recognition. KTS Textile factory produced for these U.S. Companies:

Ambiance USA, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA
Uni Hosiery - Los Angeles, CA
VIDA Enterprise Corp. - Los Angeles, CA
O'Rite International Corp. - Union City, CA
ATT Enterprise, Inc. - Los Angeles, CA
Leslee Scott, Inc. - Ogden, Utah

Sewing operators at the KTS Textile factory were paid just 10 to 14 cents an hour and forced to work 10.5 to 14 hours a day, seven days a week. They were routinely at the factory 74 to over 90 hours a week.

Workers report being slapped and hit, denied maternity leave, docked a day's wages for arriving late, needing permission to use the toilet, only having access to unsafe drinking water, total denial of freedom of association and right to organize.

Workers have never heard of, let alone seen, any U.S. Companies' codes of conduct.

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