"Your clothes are stained with our blood." This was the response of a Bangladeshi garment factory worker to Dr Kevin Hargaden of the Irish Jesuit Centre for Faith and Justice. He was at an international conference in Dhaka that was exploring the concept of a just wage in Bangladesh, what it might look like how it might be received.
The interdisciplinary and interfaith conference was attended by academics, business theorists, trade unionists, community activists, and workers in the factories and fields of the country. When Kevin Hargaden had asked the factory worker what she would like him to say to the Irish people about the situation of garment workers like herself the above quote was her chilling response.
In this interview with Pat Coyle of Irish Jesuit Communications, Kevin Hargaden recounts the stories of various people he met on his trip which was at the invitation of the Universities of Notre Dame in Indiana and Bangladesh.
