“The striking textile workers are threatened with losing the salary”
“textile Workers in Bangladesh have gone on strike and demanding higher wages. After a week of violent clashes between protesters and police is now the employers ‘ representative and requires that the workers return to work on Monday – otherwise deducted salary.”
” If you do not return to work in the morning, you will not get your salary paid, and we will close the factories for an indefinite period of time, said Siddiqur Rahman, the leader of the fabric mills in becoming more employer confederations HAS at a press conference.”
“Over the past week have at least one demonstrator killed and dozens injured. On Sunday, there were reports of at least 20 injured when police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse a crowd who blocked a highway in textildistriktet Ashulia.”
“last autumn the government announced that the minimum wage for garment workers would increase to 8,000 taka, equivalent to more than 850 sek a month. But the trade unions leaders have said that the increase only applies to a small part of the more than four million people who constitute the country’s textilbransch.”
“the Government has gathered a group of factory owners, fackförbundsledare and officials to examine the wage demands.”
“– They will meet in the evening. The workers will be forced to accept their decision, ” said Rahman.”
