Bangladesh Garment Workers Protest

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  150 Bangladesh Garment Factories Shut "Indefinitely", 11,000 Workers Charged

  Bangladeshi garment manufacturers on Saturday shuttered 150 factories "indefinitely", as police issued blanket charges for 11,000 workers in connection with violent protests demanding a higher minimum wage, officers said.

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  Bangladesh Increases Garment Workers Minimum Pay By 56%: Report

  Bangladesh raised the minimum monthly wage for its four million garment workers by 56.25 percent on Tuesday, a decision immediately rejected by unions seeking a near-tripling of the figure.

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  Levi's, H&M Stop Production As Bangladesh Labour Protest Intensifies

  Levi's and H&M are among the top global clothing brands to suffer production halts in Bangladesh, a garment union leader said Friday, after days of violent protests by workers demanding a near-tripling of their wages.

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  Bangladesh Cops, Garment Workers Clash During Protest Over Low Wage

  Bangladeshi police clashed on Tuesday with thousands of garment workers demanding fair wages for the clothing they make for major Western brands, a day after similar protests left at least two people dead.

• Bangladesh factories agree to pay rise, but protests go on

  Bangladeshi garment factory owners said on Thursday they had agreed to a proposed 77 percent rise in the minimum wage, but police used teargas and rubber bullets to break up new protests by stone-throwing workers calling for a bigger increase.

• Dozens hurt in Bangladesh garment factory protest

  Thousands of garment workers demanding higher pay clashed with police in Bangladesh, leaving dozens of people injured and at least 200 factories closed.

• Bangladesh violence closes 100 garment factories

  Garment workers demanding higher pay have clashed with police and attacked factories in an industrial belt on the outskirts of Bangladesh's capital.

• 100 factories shut in Bangladesh workers' protest

  Police have used batons, rubber bullets and tear gas to stop protests by garment workers in Bangladesh who want higher wages while factory owners fear they may miss shipment to the United States and Europe.

• Protests erupt in Bangladesh's troubled garment hub

  Bangladeshi police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers Monday as they demanded a wage hike at a protest in a manufacturing hub outside the capital Dhaka.

• Bangladesh factories shut by worker protests to reopen on Friday

  Bangladesh will reopen more than 300 garment factories on Friday, ending a three-day forced closure due to worker protests over pay and working conditions after a building collapse killed more than 1,100 people.

• Bangladesh to raise garment workers' minimum wages

  Bangladesh has set up a panel to raise the minimum wage for millions of garment workers, a minister said on Sunday, as tens of thousands protested over poor conditions highlighted by a series of disasters.

• Bangladesh building collapse: toll crosses 300, garment workers protest

  Bangladeshi police battled today to control huge crowds of garment workers angrily protesting the death of more than 300 colleagues in a collapsed building as rescue efforts stretched into a third day.

• Bangladeshis mourn garment-fire dead, plan protest

  Bangladesh held a day of mourning on Tuesday for the 112 people killed in a weekend fire at a garment factory, and labor groups planned more protests to demand better worker safety in an industry notorious for operating in firetraps.

• New blaze panic as Bangladesh workers protest 'deathtraps'

  Garment workers staged mass protests on Monday to demand the end to "deathtrap" labour conditions after Bangladesh's worst-ever textile factory fire, as a new blaze sparked fresh panic and terror.