Thousands of workers in Bangladesh have taken the streets in protest since the recent implementation of the wage revision in the garment sector. When police in Dhaka started firing rubber bullets and tear gas into the crowd, one worker was killed and many others were injured.
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With no let-up in RMG unrest, govt may announce basic pay rise in grade 3, 4 and 5.
The government is expected to announce today a revised wage structure for apparel workers of grades 3, 4 and 5, in efforts to quell the labour unrest that has affected production in the country’s largest (...)
For the past five days, the working men and women who manufacture cheap garments for Western clothing companies have been blocking the streets
In the immense exhibition area of the International Convention City in Bashundara, government representatives and businessmen in power suits could be (...)
For the fifth consecutive day, Bangladesh’s garments workers are pursuing protests over “disparity” in their new wage structure. Prabir Das Star Online Report
For the fifth consecutive day, Bangladesh’s garments workers are pursuing protests over “disparity” in their new wage structure.Photo: Prabir (...)
Closing Dhaka office will limit international ability to inspect clothing supply chains for brands like H&M, Esprit and Primark
An international inspection regime put in place after the collapse of a Bangladesh garment factory killed more than 1,100 people will be forced to leave the (...)
Government and employers claim that women garment workers of Bangladesh are ‘thriving’ — but reforms in recent years have brought almost no improvements in wages and conditions.
Over the last decade or so, millions of garment workers in Bangladesh have repeatedly taken to the streets with demands (...)
New pact follows Bangladesh Accord, a safety agreement supported by buyers in the garment sector, established after the Rana Plaza collapse killed more than 1,000 workers
American retailer Abercrombie and Fitch, Swedish furniture giant Ikea and the clothing label of rapper Sean “Diddy” Combs are (...)
The Rana Plaza collapse claimed over a thousand lives - and showed management contempt for the safety of workers. Marienna Pope-Weidemann reports on the struggle for better conditions for garment workers in Bangladesh.
Five years ago today, Rosina Atker arrived to work as usual with her mother (...)
Press conference demanding Tk.10,000/- as basic and Tk.16000/- in total as wage, ensuring free trade union right, stopping of entrenchment and repression on workers and introduction of democratic labor law.
On 24 April 2018, a demonstration will be held in front of the Rana Plaza Building demanding trial of its owner.
Today on 20 April press conference of Garment and Textile Workers Union was held at Nirmol Sen Auditorium based in 23/2 Tofkhana road, Dhaka. In the press conference (...)
The collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory complex near Dhaka in April 2013—killing 1,132 souls and injuring nearly 2,000 more—is unquestionably the most horrific human tragedy in garment industry world history. Whether this enormous loss of life will be balanced by a new era of social reform (...)
When Ayesha Akhter walks into the factory where she works, the supervisor greets her with a smile and wishes her a pleasant day - a major change after years of physical and verbal abuse from managers in Bangladesh’s $28 billion garment industry. The seamstress said it is her biggest victory (...)
The Garment Workers’ Trade Union Centre at a rally on Monday demanded immediate release of its detained leaders, including its general secretary Joly Talukder.
GWTUC president Montu Ghosh threatened of launching a tougher and wider movement if their seven leaders were not released (...)
The National Council of the industrial labor Bangladesh Shramik Federation (Bangladesh Labor Federation) took place on 30 March 2018.
Electing Golam Satter as President and AAM Foyez as General Secretary a new committee of Bangladesh Shramik Federation (Bangladesh Labor Federation) was formed. (...)
Although Bangladesh has made remarkable recent strides like building green factories and meeting stringent safety standards, garment workers here are still paid one of the lowest minimum wages in the world.
While the fashion industry thrives in the West, the workers who form the backbone of (...)
On Monday 22nd January 2018, after a two year arbitration process, unions representing Bangladeshi textile workers reached a $2.3m settlement with a multinational apparel brand over delays to fixing hazards on factory sites. This comment comes from Thulsi Narayanasamy, Senior International (...)
Police and fear stalk the streets of Dhaka as clothes workers fight for more than £54 a month. Garment workers in Bangladesh endure harsh conditions and the world’s lowest minimum wage.
Fewer workers than usual have been gathering for cups of chai near the guarded, grey towers of Ashulia, a hub (...)
Dozens have been arrested amid clashes with police as impoverished workers demand a trebling of pay.
At least 1,500 workers have been sacked from Bangladesh garment factories after protests forced a week-long shutdown at dozens of sites supplying top European and American brands.
Tens of (...)
Child labourers in the slums of Dhaka are working on average 64 hours a week – many of them employed by the garments sector, according to a new report from the Overseas Development Institute.
In one of the largest surveys on child work and education conducted in Bangladesh, researchers found (...)
Researchers and activists say working conditions have hardly improved for garment workers since the Bangladesh factory collapse killed 1,138 people.
It’s been more than three years since 1,138 workers were killed when the Rana Plaza factory collapsed in Bangladesh, yet little progress has been (...)
More than half of H&M’s top suppliers based in Bangladesh have yet to install basic fire-safety measures more than two years after the Rana Plaza factory collapse spurred an international effort to improve safety in the country.
More than a third of H&M’s top-rated “gold” and “platinum” (...)
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