"Sweatshop Workers Speak Out" Speaking Tour Photo Gallery
Kalpona Akter (Bangladesh) and Zehra Bano (Pakistan) will travel throughout the Midwest and East Coast on a speaking tour. This is a photo gallery that will begin to document their journey meeting new people and visiting exciting places.
Kalpona Akter of Bangladesh Centre for Worker Solidarity paying tribute to workers that died in Triangle factory fire of 1911
Zehra Bano of the Home Based Women Workers Union in Pakistan
Kalpona Akter of BCWS speaking at the Int'l Women's Day Celebration in Bangladesh
After a fire that killed 21 workers in Bangladesh, the sign says "Came to work, don't want to go back as a dead body."
Apr 16: Kalpona and Zehra speaking at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN
Apr 16: Kalpona and Zehra speaking at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN
Apr 16: Zehra Bano discussing home based women workersat Macalester in MN