“শিল্প বাঁচলে শ্রমিক বাঁচবে”: But are the women garment workers of Bangladesh ‘thriving’?

Over the last decade or so, millions of garment workers in Bangladesh have repeatedly taken to the streets with demands ranging from higher minimum wages and safe working conditions to the right to organise and collective bargaining. The current phase of the workers’ struggle has been around the demand for a rise in minimum wages. […]