BANGLADESHI WORKERS TO RETURN TO WORK
June 1st, 2012
BY POORNA RODRIGO
THE LEADER of Bangladesh's clothing industry association has told just-style nearly 300 garment factories in the troubled Ashulia industrial zone in Bangladesh will reopen today (Thursday 21 June). This follows an assurance from the government that it would preserve security and arrest protestors who have damaged plants and vehicles owned by manufacturers.
It brings to an end almost a week of protests, with workers demanding pay rises, and vandalising property during conflicts in which police officers and activists were injured.
The assurances ...
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