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Bangladesh Garment Workers Sacked For Demanding Fair Wages
The South Asian country -- the world's eighth most populous, with about 170 million citizens -- was last month rocked by its worst labour unrest in a decade.
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Bangladesh Increases Garment Workers Minimum Pay By 56%: Report
Bangladesh raised the minimum monthly wage for its four million garment workers by 56.25 percent on Tuesday, a decision immediately rejected by unions seeking a near-tripling of the figure.
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Levi's, H&M Stop Production As Bangladesh Labour Protest Intensifies
Levi's and H&M are among the top global clothing brands to suffer production halts in Bangladesh, a garment union leader said Friday, after days of violent protests by workers demanding a near-tripling of their wages.
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Inspection Tensions Add to Bangladesh Garment Industry's Woes
It took Western safety inspectors only about an hour to tour a factory the size of three football fields before ordering a partial shutdown of Sonia & Sweaters Ltd, a Bangladesh clothing supplier to Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Debenhams.
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Dozens hurt in Bangladesh garment factory protest
Thousands of garment workers demanding higher pay clashed with police in Bangladesh, leaving dozens of people injured and at least 200 factories closed.
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'Mass hysteria' hits Bangladesh garment workers
Hundreds of Bangladesh factory workers who fell sick in recent weeks could have been struck down by a mysterious illness described as a type of "mass hysteria," officials said on Tuesday.
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Bangladesh Garment Workers Sacked For Demanding Fair Wages
The South Asian country -- the world's eighth most populous, with about 170 million citizens -- was last month rocked by its worst labour unrest in a decade.
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Bangladesh Increases Garment Workers Minimum Pay By 56%: Report
Bangladesh raised the minimum monthly wage for its four million garment workers by 56.25 percent on Tuesday, a decision immediately rejected by unions seeking a near-tripling of the figure.
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Levi's, H&M Stop Production As Bangladesh Labour Protest Intensifies
Levi's and H&M are among the top global clothing brands to suffer production halts in Bangladesh, a garment union leader said Friday, after days of violent protests by workers demanding a near-tripling of their wages.
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Inspection Tensions Add to Bangladesh Garment Industry's Woes
It took Western safety inspectors only about an hour to tour a factory the size of three football fields before ordering a partial shutdown of Sonia & Sweaters Ltd, a Bangladesh clothing supplier to Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Debenhams.
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Dozens hurt in Bangladesh garment factory protest
Thousands of garment workers demanding higher pay clashed with police in Bangladesh, leaving dozens of people injured and at least 200 factories closed.
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'Mass hysteria' hits Bangladesh garment workers
Hundreds of Bangladesh factory workers who fell sick in recent weeks could have been struck down by a mysterious illness described as a type of "mass hysteria," officials said on Tuesday.
