Factories Ablaze As Bangladesh Garment Workers Protest
Source: Agence France-Presse
Angry Bangladeshi garment workers blocked roads, set factories alight and clashed with police for a third day on Monday as protests demanding a minimum monthly wage of $100 spread outside the capital Dhaka.
Abdul Baten, police chief of the Gazipur industrial district near Dhaka which is home to hundreds of factories, told AFP that up to 200,000 workers had joined the latest demonstrations.
His deputy Mustafizur Rahman said about 300 factories, which make clothing for top Western retailers such as Walmart, were shut on Monday to contain the violence as protesting workers attacked plants that stayed open.
The situation is extremely volatile. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse the unruly workers, he told AFP, adding dozens of workers and several policemen were injured.
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seveneyes
(4,631 posts)That would seem to get one even further away from the desired goal.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)Most those worker have to sleep next to their work station they can't even afford rent
seveneyes
(4,631 posts)The problem I see, as the number of factories are reduced, you will have more workers competing for fewer jobs which may drive wages down even more. Reducing greed among the moneyed would make for better wages.
bemildred
(90,061 posts)Sometimes even not then, because it's not really about the money, it's about control.
FreakinDJ
(17,644 posts)This isn't supply and demand. These are Monopolies controlled by a very few Rich Fat Fucks
TBF
(32,111 posts)PD Turk
(1,289 posts)FFS they're asking for $100 a month and somebody thinks that's too much? It's criminal. I don't blame them one bit.... solidarity!!
Brigid
(17,621 posts)Power concedes nothing without a struggle? I am not normally the "burn baby burn" type, but clearly these workers are at the end of their rope.
PD Turk
(1,289 posts)for nothing left to lose ...