workers rights
Interview / What's causing the unrest among factory workers?
Kalpona Akter, labour rights activist and president of Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation, talks to The Daily Star.
Making workplace safe for construction workers
Safety precautions in construction sites are frequently ignored in Bangladesh
Books exploring workers’ rights in South Asia
In order to understand the background of the labour movements in South Asia or the plight of workers, here are some books to add to your reading list.
5 books to read for International Workers’ Day
Concentrating on women workers from Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan, Women and Work in South Asia also tackles the advancement of individual corporate sectors due to the involvement of women workers.
How should we address our core labour market challenges?
We need a strategy to deal with youth unemployment and improve women's inclusion into the economy
Tea workers’ strike ends. What’s next?
Tea workers may not have had their demands fulfilled, but their united voice brings in a new era of workers' rights.
May Day / Working for a brighter future in Asia
With nearly two decades of strong economic growth, the world’s highest employment ratios and lowest unemployment rates, and massive technological innovation, some say “Asia is the future” or even “The future is Asia”.
How do we improve maternal health of garment workers?
The influx of millions of female workers to work at the garment factories has created unique health challenges, issues and needs that have mostly remained unstudied and unaddressed.
Editorial / Are our workers' rights so cheap?
A joint publication brought out by Oxfam, Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) and Institute for Workers and Trade Unions in Vietnam paints a dismal picture of workers in Bangladeshi factories where Australian fashion brands source their apparels from.
What's causing the unrest among factory workers?
Kalpona Akter, labour rights activist and president of Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation, talks to The Daily Star.
Making workplace safe for construction workers
Safety precautions in construction sites are frequently ignored in Bangladesh
Books exploring workers’ rights in South Asia
In order to understand the background of the labour movements in South Asia or the plight of workers, here are some books to add to your reading list.
5 books to read for International Workers’ Day
Concentrating on women workers from Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan, Women and Work in South Asia also tackles the advancement of individual corporate sectors due to the involvement of women workers.
How should we address our core labour market challenges?
We need a strategy to deal with youth unemployment and improve women's inclusion into the economy
Tea workers’ strike ends. What’s next?
Tea workers may not have had their demands fulfilled, but their united voice brings in a new era of workers' rights.
Working for a brighter future in Asia
With nearly two decades of strong economic growth, the world’s highest employment ratios and lowest unemployment rates, and massive technological innovation, some say “Asia is the future” or even “The future is Asia”.
How do we improve maternal health of garment workers?
The influx of millions of female workers to work at the garment factories has created unique health challenges, issues and needs that have mostly remained unstudied and unaddressed.
Are our workers' rights so cheap?
A joint publication brought out by Oxfam, Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) and Institute for Workers and Trade Unions in Vietnam paints a dismal picture of workers in Bangladeshi factories where Australian fashion brands source their apparels from.
Is the new model of trade unions the answer?
THE history and development of trade unions in the garment sector is different from other industrial sectors of Bangladesh.