# Prof. Michael Posner on why companies should work on labor reform rather than pull out of Bangladesh

1 Faculty News May 9, 2013 ![CNN logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_027323.jpg?itok=3feg8BmM)>

Excerpt from [CNN](http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/10/cut-and-run-bangladesh/) -- "If American and Western consumers want to help people get out of poverty, it is important for them to have a presence in countries like Bangladesh, according to Posner. 'The reality is there are four-million people, mostly young women, working in these factories in Bangladesh. They're often the only breadwinners in their families.'”

[Watch the video](http://amanpour.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/10/cut-and-run-bangladesh/)

Additional coverage appeared on [Channel NewsAsia](http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/us-retailers-re-evaluate-outsourced-labo/670776.html).