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  • January 23, 2019
  • 7:29 pm
  • groundxero
  • Labour

Garment Workers Battle for Minimum Wage across Bangladesh

Recently, thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh went on a militant strike in protest against the Government’s newly announced revised pay structure that violated earlier promises made to the workers. A report by GroundXero on the spontaneous workers’ struggle that rocked Bangladesh and ended in a partial victory for the workers.     Fresh spell […]


“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. […]