Labour groups plan global protests for week of solidarity with garment workers in Bangladesh
"Week of solidarity with garment workers in Bangladesh #WeStandWithGarmentWorkers", 28 January 2019
The events of the last few months in Bangladesh have made us very concerned about labour rights in the Bangladeshi garment industry. Wage-related protests were met with violent responses and intense repression and long-winding court proceedings around the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh threaten essential progress in the field of factory safety. Through a week of solidarity from 28 January to 3 February we aim to show that #WeStandWithBangladeshiWorkers. We are calling for living wages, safe factories, and a halt to repression against garment workers in Bangladesh...
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