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Article

2 Oct 2006

Author:
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks (IRIN News)

Jordan: Bangladeshi workers protest against abuse

More than 200 Bangladeshi migrant workers in a textile factory staged a sit-in on Sunday to protest against physical and verbal abuse by their employer... The workers...vowed to continue their strike until their rights were respected and demands met. These include the release of six colleagues from police custody who were detained on Saturday on orders from the Zarqa governor... The Bangladeshis work at the Rainbow Textile Factory in Duleil Qualified Industrial Zone (QIZ), which houses several factories, including Rainbow, that manufacture major American brands such as Levi Strauss, Gap and Calvin Klein [part of Phillips-Van Heusen].