Resolved Conflict
Bangladesh garment wage strikes and crackdown, 2018-2019
Wildcat strikes by more than 50,000 garment workers across Dhaka, Ashulia, Narayanganj, Savar and Gazipur in December 2018 and January 2019 against the new Tk 8,000 minimum wage, followed by mass dismissals, blacklisting and criminal cases.
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Sources
- Bangladesh: Investigate Dismissals of Protesting WorkersHuman Rights Watch
- Worker killed in Savar clashThe Daily Star
- RMG Workers' Wage: Disparity evidentThe Daily Star
- A year after crackdown on wage protests in Bangladesh, hundreds of workers still face retaliatory chargesClean Clothes Campaign