Labor conditions put into question after Bangladesh fire

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) - A deadly fire at a Bangladesh factory has exposed the supply chain for some major retailers.

112 workers died in the fire last month.

The factory produces goods for suppliers of Wal-Mart and Sears.

Even after the fire though many workers want to return to the factory in Bangladesh and the source of the labor doesn't seem to be swaying shoppers.

"It's the only cost effective way nowadays,” Randy Sherman of Springfield told 22News. “We've priced ourselves out of our own market years ago, and in these countries that's the only way they know how to do business; put everyone in a big old factory and let them do work."

After the fire, there were protests in Bangladesh to put for fair working conditions. Garment work is one of the few steady jobs in the country.