News from Bangladesh
Submitted by Red Marriott on Aug 30 2006 20:02
Unrest continues across Bangladesh, with widespread strikes and the mass revolt against an attempt by a British company to begin destructive open cast mining in Phulbari.
Garment workers revolt in Bangladesh
Submitted by libcom on Jul 14 2006 10:15
RM analyses the strikes, riots and fires of the garment workers of Bangladesh for libcom.org/news.
Bangladesh: Textile workers win right to unionise
Submitted by libcom on Jun 4 2006 11:00
Bangladeshi authorities have said they will grant union rights to workers in the clothing industry in a bid to end protests that have left one man dead and scores injured and cost the industry an estimated $140 million.
Bangladesh: Police open fire on striking workers, killing one
Submitted by libcom on May 22 2006 20:42
At least one person was killed and 80 injured as police opened fire on garment workers who have been on a wildcat strike demanding a pay increase and the release of two imprisoned colleagues.
Bakunin on trial
Submitted by libcom on May 12 2006 21:44
The ghost of Bakunin appears in a Chinese courtroom to haunt bureaucratic Maoism! The incident described below occurred in the aftermath of the Chinese 'Cultural Revolution'. The power battles between opposing factions of the ruling bureaucratic elite in Maoist China set in motion great upheavals and mobilizations of students and workers that sometimes went further than either ruling faction intended, as can be seen below.
Iran: Wave of strikes shakes Tehran
Submitted by libcom on Apr 14 2006 11:00
The Iranian government also has an internal crisis on its hands. The country's high level of poverty has triggered a series of intense social struggles.
China and Vietnam: Thousands of clothing workers strike
Submitted by Steven. on Feb 21 2006 09:51
In Shangdong, China, more than 1,000 textile workers were on strike last week, while in Vietnam around 4,000 workers at a shoe factory struck for a wage increase.
Textile workers strike in Long Eaton
Submitted by Steven. on Jan 14 2006 11:28
The TGWU has warned that textile workers could stage further action after they walked out of work yesterday in a strike over pay.
Preface to »From Cellatex to Moulinex»
In 1999, Lear Corporation closed its plant for seating manufacturing for Volvo PV in Bengtsfors, Dalsland. Volvo had owned the plant themselves up to 1992 when it was sold to Lear Seating.
