Bangledesh is where a building collapsed occurred and killed workers. That happened in 2013. After that collapse the union began a more pronounced role in labors working conditions and wages.
26 April 2013
By Emily Young
A building (click here) that housed suppliers of clothes to European and American retailers collapsed on Wednesday. According to one union leader, garment industry workers had been told to ignore the cracks in the walls and continue with work as normal....
All this will come up one way or another.
22 September 2013
Tens of thousands of garment workers (click here) have downed tools and taken to the streets to urge the government for an increase in the minimum salary.
26 April 2013
By Emily Young
A building (click here) that housed suppliers of clothes to European and American retailers collapsed on Wednesday. According to one union leader, garment industry workers had been told to ignore the cracks in the walls and continue with work as normal....
All this will come up one way or another.
22 September 2013
Tens of thousands of garment workers (click here) have downed tools and taken to the streets to urge the government for an increase in the minimum salary.
4 million employees work in the country’s $20-billion garment export industry - 60 percent goes to Europe - and earn about $38 a month. They are demanding a raise to $103 a month.
Earlier, the Bangladeshi government agreed to a 20 percent increase, but the workers called the raise "inhuman and humiliating."
"Our backs are against the wall, so we don't have any alternative unless we raise our voice strongly," Nazma Akter, president of the United Garments Workers' Federation told protesters....
Earlier, the Bangladeshi government agreed to a 20 percent increase, but the workers called the raise "inhuman and humiliating."
"Our backs are against the wall, so we don't have any alternative unless we raise our voice strongly," Nazma Akter, president of the United Garments Workers' Federation told protesters....
