…[The report]…reveals how [Wal-Mart,]…is influencing lives and working conditions in one of the poorest countries in the world…Wal-Mart has [now] committed to turn the factory into a “model for other factories in Bangladesh” through a one-year program of corrective action. As of late September of 2008, workers report that “buyer intervention” has had some positive effect in the factory, but they still consider it to be one of the worst in this export industry intensive area. [The research uncovered practices such as:] [f]orced overtime…[p]hysical and verbal abuse… [a] [c]limate of fear…[i]nescapable poverty…workers earn[ing] only $20 per month, which is less than the legal minimum wage, and not enough to feed one person.[ and workers being] [f]orced to lie to inspectors…Wal-Mart could have a dramatic positive impact on working conditions in the Bangladeshi garment sector…[if it] acknowledge[d] that low pricing, just-in-time production, and labor repression by local authorities have a negative impact on working conditions. We look to Wal-Mart to: Eliminate those purchasing practices that depress wages and foster abuse…[also refers to JMS Garments]