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Bangladesh Strike Ends, 700 Garment Factories Restarted

2010/6/26 9:49:00 48

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In Bangladesh, about 700 garment factories restarted on Wednesday, before thousands of workers staged fierce competition.

Protest

We need better wages.


After the Bangladesh government promised to stop violent atrocities,

Garment factory

The owners cancelled the indefinite factory shutdown, said Abdel Salam musti, President of Bangladesh garment manufacturers and Exporters Association.


  

Manufacturer

On Monday night, they decided to close their factories because they had no other way to avoid the chaos of the main industrial centers in the capital suburb of Dhaka.


In the past few weeks, thousands of workers have flocked to the streets and attacked many projects.

Hundreds of people were injured in clashes with police.


Workers asked for a minimum wage of 5000 Taka ($73) per month.


At present, the average wage of clothing workers is 2000 Taka ($29) / month, making Bangladesh's clothing workers the poorest clothing workers in the world, the International Union of trade unions said.


Bangladesh has 4000 garment factories, mainly exported to the United States and Europe.


Clothing exports bring us $12 billion in Bangladesh.

The garment industry employs 2 million workers and is the leading industry to improve the national economy.


Affected by the global recession, garment manufacturers are also squeezed by falling demand and high production costs. High production costs are caused by energy crises and weak infrastructure.

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