exclusive | Bribes, fake factories and forged documents: the buccaneering consultants pervading China’s factory audits
A perfect storm of quick-fire, one-off factory inspections and insatiable Western demand for cheap goods is leading to fraud among Chinese manufacturers
Cottage industry of consultants has popped up in China, helping low-end factories meet high-end Western standards, for a cost
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progressive era. yes. do you see us in that kind of transition again or is that what you re trying to make happen i see it as we have this moment in history that if we get out there and fight, we can turn it around. but it s not guaranteed. it really is about whether we get out and fight. and that s how i see pulling all these moments together the triangle shirtwaist factory, it is a story of power it s about the power of the factory owners who knew, there had been one parade after another, one protest march after another. there had been plenty of press about it, about the terrible conditions, the dangerous conditions in their factories. and then the moment came when over 140 people died in that fire when frances perkins stood on the street and watched as one woman jumped to her death and then another and another and another. in 18 minutes, 143 people died
you launched your campaign in lawrence, massachusetts at everett mills. right? huge historic labor strike there in 1912. so you ve had these two tent pole moments, 1911 and 1912. is that because you see us as sort of that was a time when the gilded age was yielding the progressive era. yes. do you see us in that kind of transition again or is that what you re trying to make happen i see it as we have this moment in history that if we get out there and fight, we can turn it around. but it s not guaranteed. it really is about whether we get out and fight. and that s how i see pulling all these moments together the triangle shirtwaist factory, it is a story of power it s about the power of the factory owners who knew, there had been one parade after another, one protest march after another. there had been plenty of press about it, about the terrible conditions, the dangerous conditions in their factories.