Many changes and reforms are being discussed nowadays, but the reality of the workers has not changed at all.
In Savar, workers of a garment factory in Hemayetpur Rishipara, blocked the Hemayetpur-Singair regional road this morning protesting the indefinite closure of the factory
The demonstration began around 8am in front of the factory and escalated to a highway blockade from 9am
Vehicular movement came to a halt when workers of Taratex garment factory blocked the highway demanding appears
The blockade resumed at 8:00am today, after workers blocked the highway for over seven hours last evening
Cooperative efforts, sound leadership vital going ahead
Understand and act to calm the frustrations in industrial belts.
Several hundred garment workers blocked Banani-Airport Road for over two hours this morning protesting the closure of their factory without any prior notice
With each new term of the ruling regime, and each new provision or law, we have learnt a bit more of self-censorship.
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
Two police officials were injured during a clash between garment workers and police in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila today
Police fire rubber bullets, pellets and tear gas shells
The reaction of the owners to the workers' legitimate demand, however, has been totally unacceptable.
Police fired tear gas shells and used water cannons in Ashulia this morning to disperse garment workers after they blocked roads demanding an increase in wages
Workers of a garment factory in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka today held a sit-in in front of the establishment to protest its closure for an indefinite period.
Workers of a garment factory in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka today held a sit-in in front of the establishment to protest its closure for an indefinite period.
The garment workers, who blocked the Ring Road in Dhaka’s Adabor area, withdraw their agitation prgramme after four hours following assurance from the factory owner that their demands would be met.
Amid deployment of a large number of law enforcers following eight days of unrest in the RMG sector, workers, in larger numbers than yesterday, are seen filing into work in Ashulia.
Urging the readymade garment workers to go back to work, Superintendent of Police (SP) in Dhaka Sha Migan Shafiur Rahman says police are investigating people who are acting as instigators of the unrest in the sector.
