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News and articles about work, policy and workers' struggles in manufacturing, research and development, mining and materials around the world.
News from Bangladesh
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.
Picture - Monday, Phulbari in Dinajpur: protesters set fire to furniture of the British company Asia Energy in protest at the killing of demonstrators by security forces.
News from Bangladesh
- garment unrest continues and British company is attacked in mass regional revolt over opencast mine
Garment workers revolt in Bangladesh
RM analyses the strikes, riots and fires of the garment workers of Bangladesh for libcom.org/news.
Bangladesh: Textile workers win right to unionise
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.
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has said workers can form trade unions to bargain over pay and employment issues. In recent weeks, workers fought pitched battles with police, attacked and shut many factories and set fire to some, police and BGMEA officials said. The workers want higher wages, timely payment of overtime and job security.
Bangladesh: Police open fire on striking workers, killing one
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.
The Bangladesh Independent reported that two police officers and seven constables were also injured during a three-hour-long clash between unruly garment workers and police on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway near Mawna crossing in Gazipur yesterday.
Bakunin on trial
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
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.
Iran's recent declaration that it has successfully enriched uranium is bound to further increase tensions between Tehran and the United States. But 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.
A Visit to Bangladesh
Report from Bangladesh
China and Vietnam: Thousands of clothing workers strike
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.
China Labour Bulletin and VietNamNet reported:
More than 1,000 workers at the cloth-weaving section of the Heze Cotton Textile Factory, formerly a state-owned enterprise, in Shandong have been staging a strike against low pay since 10 February.
Textile workers strike in Long Eaton
The TGWU has warned that textile workers could stage further action after they walked out of work yesterday in a strike over pay.
Dozens of workers at Nylatex downed tools because they claimed they had not had a pay rise in four years and that management had not budgeted for any increase this year.
At noon, 12 workers on the morning shift walked out of the Long Eaton firm two hours before the end of their shift, and the same number of workers on the afternoon and night shifts did the same.
Pesotta, Rose, 1896-1965
A short biography of Ukrainian-born Jewish anarchist and garment worker labour organiser Rose Pesotta.
Rose Pesotta
Born Rakhel Peisoty, 1896 - Ukraine, died 1965 - US
Few female Jewish immigrants to the U.S. have led lives as dynamic and eventful as Rose Pesotta.
