Behind the camouflage; a new strike wave in the Bangladeshi garment sector Following a period of relative quiet after the 2013 Rana Plaza factory disaster, new struggles…
The binds that tie: unions, ‘solidarity’, civil society and foreign policy in Bangladesh A look at the new unions emerging as part of the reforms of the garment industry –…
Brick Lane 1978: the events and their significance - Kenneth Leech Scanned PDF booklet about the events in Brick Lane, in London's East End, in 1978, where Bengali…
Highs and lows of a wage rise - the new garment minimum wage The Bangladeshi minimum wage board has, after long negotiations, announced a 76% increase in garment…
Striking Bangladeshi garment workers win a 77% pay rise Following a four day shutdown of hundreds of factories by strikes and a series of violent…
Who can ride the garment tiger? On Saturday September 21st there began a 10 day mass agitation by Bangladeshi Ready Made Garment(RMG) workers demanding a 170% increase in their…
A stitch in time: the ‘orchestrated networks’ of bloody Taylorism - John Barker An analysis of the global clothing supply chain, its technology and organisation of labour; it's…
The legacy of the dead - the Savar collapse, part 2 The site of the Dhaka factory collapse is now cleared; new concessions and reforms are announced. Some further reflections...
The house of cards: the Savar building collapse A detailed account and analysis of the latest human disaster in the Bangladeshi garment industry - a poorly constructed factory building…
Hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshi garment workers strike after factory collapse Hundreds of thousands of workers went on strike on Thursday in protest at the deaths of hundreds of…
Death-trapped in a burning cage - the Ashulia inferno Comments on the horrific fire of Saturday 24th November 2012 that swept through a Bangladeshi…
Bangladeshi workers fight back against corrupt bosses 15,000 Bangladeshi garment workers blockade a key highway in protest at unpaid wages. Meanwhile,…
