Fresh Clashes As Bangladesh Garment Workers Protest Low Wage Easterneye By: charles pellegrin follow. bangladesh's garment worker unions have rejected a 56 percent minimum wage increase made by a government appointed board on tuesday, saying it doesn't cover basic. In response to garment workers blocking a main highway, police dispersed workers by firing 215 shotgun rounds, 127 tear gas shells and 52 sound grenades. clashes between the police and protesters resulted in injuries to six police officers. the number of workers who were injured is not specified in the police cases.
Clashes As Garment Workers Continue Protest Over Working Conditions Garment workers in bangladesh currently make $95 a month producing clothes for big brands such as h&m, zara and levi’s. workers are demanding $208 a month in wages. for comparison, that would. Even with this wage increase, workers cannot keep up with the rising food costs, rent, schooling, and healthcare costs. up to 25,000 garment workers vandalized factories and protested in the streets in response. in the industrial towns of gazipur and ashulia near the nation’s capital, dhaka, over 100 factories closed to curb vandalism. Amid a week of deadly clashes, the garment workers’ anger rose on tuesday following a government panel’s decision to offer a pay rise of 56 per cent. the workers insist that the increase. Striking bangladesh garment workers clashed with police on saturday near the capital as factories reopened in defiance of a protest campaign demanding a near tripling of wages. police personnel.
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