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DHAKA (Reuters) -Bangladesh garment factories have fired hundreds of workers since protests in October demanding higher wages, three labour unions representing half a million workers told Reuters ...
On November 7, the Bangladesh government announced a new salary structure for protesting garment workers, raising the monthly minimum wage to ~US$113, to take effect December 1, 2023. The garment workers union heavily criticized this increase for being too small, announcing their intention to continue striking.
Bangladesh has been gripped by violent protests for two weeks, as thousands of garment workers take to the streets to demand better wages for the country’s 4 million garment workers.
In an interview, Amin said the prize was a recognition of Bangladesh's trade union and garment workers' movement and a show of respect for the dead of the 2005 and 2012 disasters. [ 13 ] In June 2016, the factory of Bangladeshi garment company Tejgaon Textile was closed down after a Bangladesh Accord inspection had identified major structural ...
Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad was established on 13 April 1983 by 12 national unions in Bangladesh. This traces to a meeting of 5 unions in Bangladesh in 1982, when union activities where banned under martial law in Bangladesh, that sought to restore workers rights to unionize. The number of participating unions increased to 11 by the end of ...
The editor of the newspaper was Badruddin. [3] In 1960's, The National Press Trust, which was a government-owned organization, took over and operated directly a number of the more prominent newspapers. Among these were two of the three principal English-language newspapers, the Pakistan Times, which has the largest circulation, and the Morning ...
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The newspaper regularly publishes articles on human rights issues in Bangladesh, including repealing Section 377, [43] [44] [45] inheritance under Hindu law, [46] and press freedom. [47] [48] [49] On women's issues, the newspaper has reported that 97% of sex offences in Bangladesh go unreported. [50]