Death-trapped in a burning cage - the Ashulia inferno
Submitted by Red Marriott on Nov 27 2012 00:05
Comments on the horrific fire of Saturday 24th November 2012 that swept through a Bangladeshi garment factory.
Bangladeshi workers fight back against corrupt bosses
Submitted by working class s... on Oct 23 2012 13:28
15,000 Bangladeshi garment workers blockade a key highway in protest at unpaid wages. Meanwhile, bosses at the company – who supply Primark and New Look – are arrested on embezzlement charges in the country’s largest ever corruption case
Return to work at Ashulia
Submitted by Red Marriott on Jun 25 2012 20:44
Garment workers resume work with issues unresolved...
Resistance is high; garment workers force shutdown in 350 factories
Submitted by Red Marriott on Jun 18 2012 17:12
The resurgence of unrest in the Bangladeshi garment sector continues with over 500,000 workers now locked out in Ashulia...
Return of the repressed; new days of rage for garment workers - and the disappeared...
Submitted by Red Marriott on May 27 2012 16:52
After a long period of relative quiet, workers are again taking mass action in the Bangladeshi garment industry. Also; some comments on the recent wave of political 'disappearances'.
The policeman's new clothes - new styles of repression in the Bangladeshi garment industry
Submitted by Red Marriott on Jan 12 2012 01:10
How new policing methods have, for the moment, dampened workers' struggles.
Cloth dyed in blood
Submitted by Red Marriott on Dec 18 2010 00:18
Recent worker deaths in the Bangladeshi garment industry from police repression and from a factory fire.
Tailoring to needs - garment worker struggles in Bangladesh
A general overview and analysis of developments in the garment worker struggles we have been covering for the past few years.
The rage over the wage
Submitted by Red Marriott on Aug 4 2010 20:59
The past four days have seen widespread protests and rioting against the announcement of the new minimum wage structure for Bangladeshi garment workers.
Sleepless nights for bosses in the Bangladeshi garment sector
Submitted by Red Marriott on Jun 24 2010 22:28
A survey of recent unrest in the garment industry, as agitation for a greatly increased minimum wage - as part of an improved wage structure - continues.
