Bangladesh Garment Workers Strike

Workers in the garment industry in Bangladesh went on strike over low wages for more than two weeks.  One worker was killed and 50 were injured in clashes with the police. International retail giants like H&M, Walmart, Primark, Tesco or Aldi are among the main buyers of clothes made in Bangladesh.

Here you can read a report from The Times of India about the unrest and the clashes with the police (Jan. 9th, 2019).

And here you can read another story from Channel News Asia (Singapore) that reports about the sacking of hundreds of workers after the protest ended and strikers returned to work (Jan. 16th., 2019).