Hundreds of garment factories were shut down this week as workers in the country, the world’s second-largest exporter of clothing, demonstrated for higher pay.
Category: Dhaka (Bangladesh)
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Bangladesh Agrees to Raise Minimum Wage for Garment Workers After Protests
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Rising Fuel Prices Set Off Anger and Protests Around the World
The New York Times – On the Runway:From Indonesia to Guatemala to Syria, shortages and price increases are leading to protests and blackouts.
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Tariffs Could Wreck What Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Have Gained
In Bangladesh, the factories that make clothing for export had remade themselves and raised national incomes along the way. They never bargained for a trade war.
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How Bangladesh’s Economy Was Siphoned Dry
Bangladesh’s currency was battered by what the new head of the central bank says was the looting of the banks under the deposed prime minister.
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A Grim Anniversary for Survivors of the Rana Plaza Disaster
It was the deadliest accident in the history of the garment industry. Ten years later, has anything changed for factory workers?