Garment workers across Dhaka, Ashulia, Savar and Gazipur struck from 6 to 13 January 2019, the second wave of wildcat action after strikes from 6 to 12 December 2018, against a new monthly minimum wage of Tk 8,000 that most workers said left their pay almost unchanged after the December 2018 revision. On 8 January police used water cannon, tear gas, batons and rubber bullets on about 10,000 workers at Hemayetpur in Savar, killing garment worker Sumon Mia, 22, and injuring more than 50, and then raided workers' homes in Savar, shooting residents with rubber bullets. When workers returned to work, factories posted dismissal notices with photographs and filed criminal cases. Union leaders reported at least 7,500 dismissals, 29 cases naming 551 people plus more than 3,000 unidentified accused, and 52 arrests.