50,000 GARMENT WORKERS STRUCK, FINALLY ONE DIED, FIFTY PEOPLE INJURED

The latest news is that about 50,000 Bangladeshi workers have taken to the streets, protested and demanded higher wages.

These workers are from factories that produce clothing for retailers such as H&M, Wal-Mart, Tesco and Aldi.More than 4,500 textile and garment factories were affected by strikes, which last year produced more than 27 billion euros in clothing.

It is reported that Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in about 5,000 protesters in Dhaka, killing one garment worker and 50 people got hurt.

During the strike on the fourth day, the Bangladeshi police also used high-pressure water guns to disperse 10,000 strikers who blocked a major road in Savar town.
The protest was the first major test that Bangladesh’s current Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina faced since he won his fourth term. The Bangladeshi elections were also devastated by violence, thousands of arrests and allegations of manipulation of ballots and intimidation.

It is reported that although Bangladesh is the second largest garment producer in the world after China, the clothing workers in this poor country are among the lowest wage groups in the world.

Since December last year, Bangladesh has raised the minimum monthly wage of 4 million workers in the apparel industry by 51% to 8,000 taka, about 90 euros. But senior workers said their salary increase was lower than this figure, and the union said that raising wages failed to make up for the impact of rising prices in recent years.

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