BEPZA to form fund to clear dues of closed factory workers
The Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority is planning to form a fund to ensure payment of wages and benefits to workers of factories that shut down or suspended operations...
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Garment Sramik Oikya Forum demands release of its leader
Leaders of Garment Sramik Oikya Forum, a garment workers鈥� rights body, on Tuesday at a press conference demanded immediate release of its Ashulia thana committee president Khorshed Alam and Beximco garment factory workers as well as resolution to crisis of the factories...
Drive against polythene postponed amid protests
The Department of Environment-led joint drives against manufacturing illegal polythene bags were postponed halfway on Wednesday amid protests by polythene factory workers at Kamalbagh of Chawk Bazar in Old Dhaka...
Apparel workers block highway in Ashulia causing traffic jam
Garment factory workers once again staged a protest by blocking the Nabinagar-Chandra Highway in Ashulia on Thursday morning, causing serious traffic congestion over a 3-kilometre stretch of the busy road.
Boeing and striking workers to resume negotiations 鈥榥ext week鈥�
Talks between Boeing and striking US factory workers are due to resume early next week under a federal mediator, the government said Friday, after workers voted overwhelmingly to reject an earlier proposal from the embattled aviation giant...