GRAMEEN SHOULD RE-OPEN THIS WEEK AFTER LABOUR DISPUTE-LINKED VANDALISM FORCED CLOSURE
July 1st, 2011
BY RAGHAVENDRA VERMA
Violent labour protests forced Bangladesh's Grameen Knitwear to close its factory in the Dhaka Export Processing Zone last Wednesday (July 20), however company's top official has told just-style that the work will resume in next two to three days. "We are talking to the labour leader and the local authorities," said Salim Ullah Bahadur, Grameen Knitwear's company secretary, "the problem will be solved very soon". Last Tuesday, protesting workers vandalised Grameen's factory while demanding better wages and allowances, ...
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