BANGLADESHI GARMENTS WORRIED OVER THE UNION LEADER MURDER FALLOUT
September 27th, 2023
Bangladesh has struggled to rebuild its reputation as an ethical sourcing location since the 2013 Rana Plaza disaster, so the murder of Bangladeshi union leader Shahidul Islam on June 25 has sparked concern within the country’s important clothing export sector.
Shahidul was Gazipur unit president of Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation (BGIWF), a prominent trade union, who lost another comrade named Aminul Islam to a violent and murderous attack in 2012. Shahidul was beaten to death by while trying to settle an unpaid wages dispute between a ...
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