Bangladesh garment workers protest murder of union leader; India: Punjab commuter transport workers strike; South Korea: Hyundai Motor union to strike date for higher pay; Australia: Tasmanian iron-ore miners walk out; New Zealand school principals vote on third pay offer
Bangladeshi garment workers face a distressing reality as a trade union leader was tragically beaten to death while attempting to resolve a pay dispute.
IndustriALL Global Union and UNI Global Union condemn in the strongest possible terms the killing of trade union leader Shahidul Islam Shahid on 25 June in Gazipur, Bangladesh.
A group of Bangladesh Chhatra League men have helped the Rajshahi University vice-chancellor escape from a campus building besieged by protesters demanding justice after violent clashes between students and locals.