BANGLADESH KNITWEAR WORKERS STRIKE QUELLED FOR NOW
June 1st, 2010
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
BANGLADESH'S knitwear industry owners have worked with police to quell violent strikes by workers who had been demanding higher wages in the country's key clothing sector. The protests started June 19, spreading across four districts, and two days later 10,000s of workers pelted stones and set vehicles on fire while police used rubber bullets and tear gas in Ashulia, a clothing manufacturing centre about 30 kilometres from Dhaka. Thirty people are reported to be injured in the clashes.
Factory owners, including those who have been supplying ...
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