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After last year's wage protests, the risk of arrest continues to loom over thousands of workers through "baseless" criminal charges, campaigners say.

STICA Climate Action Week fast approaching

“If they take to the streets to protest at someone’s instigation, they will lose their job, lose their work and will have to return to their village,” Sheikh Hasima, Bangladesh Prime Minister, threatening workers this fall.

The protests in South Korea have largely been buried by the political and media establishment for fear that support for the Palestinians will spread.

DHAKA, Oct 03, 2023 (BSS) - Experts at a dialogue today laid emphasis on developing a comprehensive strategy that covers

SCORES of workers protested in Bangladesh’s garment industry hub on Monday (26) after a union leader was killed while trying to intervene in a factory dispute over unpaid wages. Police said Shahidul Islam, president of the Gazipur branch of the Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation, was beaten to death last Sunday evening after issuing

Dhaka, June 26 (EFE).– Several hundred garment workers and trade union leaders protested in a Bangladesh industrial hub Monday after a colleague was beaten to death by hired goons of factory owners. Police said Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation (BGWIF) Gazipur unit president Shahidul Islam was beaten to death by a rival group shortly …

“Everyone knows how much workers are paid and how much brands sell their clothes for,” Kalpona Akter, executive director of the Bangladesh Center for Workers…

Ten years after the Rana Plaza collapse, advocates for garment workers are still pushing Canadian brands to improve their practices. Read on

Ten years after the Rana Plaza collapse, advocates for garment workers are still pushing Canadian brands to improve their practices. Read on