Bangladeshi garment workers

Dhaka, Bangladesh: there has been a return to work after two days of strikes and protests which spread to 50 factories and involved thousands of…

On Wednesday (2nd Jan) this week several thousand garment workers from around 20 factories…

Tejgaon, Dhaka; yesterday morning (Saturday) new clashes broke out in the city's industrial zone. Up…

Production in most parts of the Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) in Savar remained suspended…

Dozens of workers at a clothing factory were injured on Wednesday when over 200 outsiders, allegedly…

Seven garment factories were severely damaged, while bosses claimed 100 other factories were…

The riots in Dhaka from Wednesday evening continuing through Thursday morning (see earlier report) protesting frequent electric power cuts,…

Textile workers in Narsingdi, central Bangladesh, yesterday fought police in protests against irregular power supply to their factory workplaces.

In the face of mass resistance, Bangladeshi Government forced to renounce mine project. More actions…

Unrest continues across Bangladesh, with widespread strikes and the mass revolt against an attempt by a British company to begin destructive…

RM analyses the strikes, riots and fires of the garment workers of Bangladesh for libcom.org/news.

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.