rmg workers protest

RMG workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for over 9 hours

The blockade resumed at 8:00am today, after workers blocked the highway for over seven hours last evening

A welcome decision to resolve RMG unrest

Cooperative efforts, sound leadership vital going ahead

Bring back normalcy in the RMG sector

Understand and act to calm the frustrations in industrial belts.

RMG workers block Banani-Airport road for 2 hours protesting factory closure

Several hundred garment workers blocked Banani-Airport Road for over two hours this morning protesting the closure of their factory without any prior notice

The price we pay with each deleted word

With each new term of the ruling regime, and each new provision or law, we have learnt a bit more of self-censorship.

Demand for Tk 70cr arrears: Garment workers stage sit-in before Srama Bhaban

Nearly 1,000 workers of Dird Composite Textiles Ltd staged a sit-in in front of the Department for Inspection of Factories and Establishments (Dife) and the Department of Labour (DoL) yesterday, demanding arrears amounting to nearly Tk 70 crore.

US condemns violence against RMG workers in Bangladesh

The United States yesterday condemned "the recent violence against workers" in Bangladesh protesting the minimum wage, as well as the criminalisation of legitimate trade union and workers' activities

2 policemen injured as RMG workers and cops clash in Gazipur

Two police officials were injured during a clash between garment workers and police in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila today

3 suffer shotgun pellet wounds as RMG workers clash with cops in Ashulia

Police fire rubber bullets, pellets and tear gas shells

October 1, 2024
October 1, 2024

RMG workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for over 9 hours

The blockade resumed at 8:00am today, after workers blocked the highway for over seven hours last evening

September 25, 2024
September 25, 2024

A welcome decision to resolve RMG unrest

Cooperative efforts, sound leadership vital going ahead

September 13, 2024
September 13, 2024

Bring back normalcy in the RMG sector

Understand and act to calm the frustrations in industrial belts.

May 4, 2024
May 4, 2024

RMG workers block Banani-Airport road for 2 hours protesting factory closure

Several hundred garment workers blocked Banani-Airport Road for over two hours this morning protesting the closure of their factory without any prior notice

January 6, 2024
January 6, 2024

The price we pay with each deleted word

With each new term of the ruling regime, and each new provision or law, we have learnt a bit more of self-censorship.

December 4, 2023
December 4, 2023

Demand for Tk 70cr arrears: Garment workers stage sit-in before Srama Bhaban

Nearly 1,000 workers of Dird Composite Textiles Ltd staged a sit-in in front of the Department for Inspection of Factories and Establishments (Dife) and the Department of Labour (DoL) yesterday, demanding arrears amounting to nearly Tk 70 crore.

November 21, 2023
November 21, 2023

US condemns violence against RMG workers in Bangladesh

The United States yesterday condemned "the recent violence against workers" in Bangladesh protesting the minimum wage, as well as the criminalisation of legitimate trade union and workers' activities

November 4, 2023
November 4, 2023

2 policemen injured as RMG workers and cops clash in Gazipur

Two police officials were injured during a clash between garment workers and police in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila today

November 4, 2023
November 4, 2023

3 suffer shotgun pellet wounds as RMG workers clash with cops in Ashulia

Police fire rubber bullets, pellets and tear gas shells

November 2, 2023
November 2, 2023

Will our RMG workers get an acceptable living wage?

The reaction of the owners to the workers' legitimate demand, however, has been totally unacceptable.