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{mosimage}Unrest in the Bangladesh garment industry has once again erupted following the announcement of a new minimum wage of 1662tk (£13.27) that falls well below the level needed by workers to meet the basic needs of themselves and their families. 100s of workers have taken to the streets, blockaded roads and damaged factories in protest at the announcement, delaying or non payment of wages and at the failure of the government or factory owner to tackle working conditions in the factories. Further demonstrations and strikes are expected in coming weeks.
{mosimage}Sign on today and support a monthly minimum wage of Tk3000 (£25.76) for Bangladeshi garment workers.
Garment workers in Bangladesh have been participating in rallies and demonstrations across Bangladesh since the beginning of September to protest against the failure of the Bangladesh Wage Board to come up with an acceptable minimum wage for the garment industry. Labour Behind the Label supports the workers in their demand for a wage that allows them to live in dignity. Your help is needed to pressure the Bangladesh garment factory associations to set a wage that will genuinely improve the lives of these workers and to push the brands buying from Bangladesh to support this demand and put it into practice
{mosimage}Demonstrations demanding better rights for garment workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh have left two workers confirmed dead, hundreds injured, and at least a hundred factories torched. Reports suggest as many as 4,000 people may have been arrested for their alleged role in the riots.
Your support is needed to call for the charges to be dropped and those workers imprisoned to be released. The government must be pushed to launch an immediate investigation into the root cause of the riots and instigate measures to address them, including raising the minimum wage.
Yet another factory fire erupted in a Bangladeshi garment factory this week, the fourth such tragedy in the past two weeks. Three female workers were killed and 50 were injured in the Saiem Fashion Ltd fire and the subsequent stampede to escape the burning buiding. The only exit to the factory was deliberately blocked by boxes, a fact that has led leading workers rights activist, Neil Kearney, to refer to the incident as "murder."
{mosimage}Campaigners and labour rights activists are calling for international action to improve health and safety conditions in garment factories following a series of tragedies which has hit Bangladesh’s garment industry in the last week. Hundreds of garment workers have been reported dead or injured after fires broke out at two separate factories in Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong and a third factory collapsed in the capital, Dhaka.
A textile factory in Chittagong, Bangladesh, burned to the ground last night with over a thousand workers locked inside. While media reports put the death toll at close to 50, those workers who escaped fear it may be much higher. Workers in the KTS Composite Textile Mill were working an impromptu night shift to meet a deadline and remained trapped in the locked building when fire broke out.
