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malaise

(267,784 posts)
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 05:35 PM Dec 2016

Bangladesh garment factories sack hundreds after pay protests

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/dec/27/bangladesh-garment-factories-sack-hundreds-after-pay-protests
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At least 1,500 workers have been sacked from Bangladesh garment factories after protests forced a week-long shutdown at dozens of sites supplying top European and American brands.

Tens of thousands of workers walked out of factories this month in the manufacturing hub of Ashulia which make clothes for top western brands such as Gap, Zara and H&M, prompting concerns over supply during the holiday season.

The protests were sparked by the sacking of 121 workers, but soon evolved into a demand for the trebling of workers’ pay from the current monthly minimum of 5,300 taka (£54).
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More than 50 factories were closed last week to try to contain the protests, which escalated after police fired rubber bullets that injured 10 demonstrators, according to labour leader Taslima Akhter.

Police have branded the protests illegal and said they had arrested 30 workers including seven union leaders, as well as a television reporter covering the unrest.

On Tuesday, they said factory owners had sacked around 1,500 workers and resumed operations.
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Bangladesh garment factories sack hundreds after pay protests (Original Post) malaise Dec 2016 OP
Coming to an America near you angrychair Dec 2016 #1
Hopefully theres no sequel... Blue Shoes Dec 2016 #2
What it used to be like this country, and at the rate Dustlawyer Dec 2016 #3
+1. NT angrychair Dec 2016 #4
+1,000 malaise Dec 2016 #5

angrychair

(8,592 posts)
1. Coming to an America near you
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 05:47 PM
Dec 2016

Closing factories...protesting made illegal...mass firings...people being forced to work or starve to death...Trump's America.

Dustlawyer

(10,493 posts)
3. What it used to be like this country, and at the rate
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 05:52 PM
Dec 2016

we are going, will be again. Union members vote Republican even though the politicians they support want to kill their union, get rid of safety and environmental regulations...

If there is ever a sign that our education system is failing it would be union guys voting Republican!

malaise

(267,784 posts)
5. +1,000
Tue Dec 27, 2016, 05:55 PM
Dec 2016

It's a mess but remember these factories work for US and European companies. If they refuse to pay decent wages in the US, don't expect pay increases in Bangladesh.

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