It should be noted that a) no one is going to put the genie of globaloization back in the bottle, not on the eve of 2012 and b) at least a safe factory (and fair wages) can lift citizens of one of the nation's poorest countries out of poverty. But it's also possible to make to make garments in Bangladesh in a factory that's not going to kill its workers. Ironically, Wal-Mart is confirming that it had flagged this plant as one of significant concern, and at the most recent inspection in August 2011 vowed it would be back within a year. It's not clear whether that happened.