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DHAKA: Hundreds of Bangladeshi garment workers rallied on Sunday (Nov 12) demanding fair wages after dismissing a pay offer as too small, as the death toll from the violent protests that erupted last mont
Bangladeshi garment workers staged a rally as they rejected a deemed inadequate pay offer and the death toll from the protests climbed to four. Labor unrest, the most severe in a decade, resulted in clashes, damaged factories, and widespread disruption to the nation s $55 billion annual exports. Major global brands, including Levi s, Zara, and H&M, source products from Bangladesh s 3,500 garment factories, intensifying the impact of the crisis.
Another readymade garment worker, who suffered shotgun pellet wounds in a clash between police and RMG workers in Gazipur's Konabari area on November 8, died early today