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Bangladesh forms wage board as garment workers keep up protests

Bangladesh forms wage board as garment workers keep up protests

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  • left · 1 outlet

    The garment sector is the backbone of Bangladesh's export-driven economy, employing millions of workers and generating the bulk of the country's foreign earnings

    — The Hindu

  • right · 2 outlets

    Garment workers in Bangladesh on Sunday staged violent protests in the capital Dhaka and its outskirts over their longstanding demand for higher pay, prompting the Government to announce the formation of a wage board, officials and media reports said. Slogan-chanting protestors torched a police…

    — The Pioneer

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The garment sector is the backbone of Bangladesh's export-driven economy, employing millions of workers and generating the bulk of the country's foreign earnings

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The Hindu Center-Left Kasturi & Sons Ltd. Current article

Bangladesh forms wage board as garment workers keep up protests

The garment sector is the backbone of Bangladesh's export-driven economy, employing millions of workers and generating the bulk of the country's foreign earnings

Livemint Center-Right HT Media Ltd.

Double pay amid protests? Why are Bangladesh garment workers demanding this? How unrest threatens a $47 bn export sector

Bangladesh garment workers are demanding a minimum monthly wage of 30,000 taka, more than double the current rate, as rising living costs fuel violent protests. The unrest has shut 529 factories, threatening a $47 billion export industry that employs millions and supplies global brands.

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