21st founding anniversary of RWPB today
Today is the 21st founding anniversary of the Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh, a partner of the Ganatantra Mancha.
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23 RMG workers arrested over clashes with police
The police arrested 23 readymade garment workers on Wednesday in a case filed over alleged attacks on the police and vandalising a police vehicle in Gazipur鈥檚 Sreepur the previous day...
Worker rights in 鈥榝ree fall鈥� globally: report
Workers鈥� rights around the world are 鈥榠n free fall鈥�, with widespread attempts to hamstring collective bargaining and attacks on trade union representatives, the world鈥檚 largest trade union organisation said Monday.
Powerful orgs necessary for sustainable reforms: seminar
Nursing and empowering organisations of poorly-focused farmers, workers, small businesses and students are crucial for reforming the democratic institutions severely affected by the ousted Awami League regime, said discussants at a seminar held on Friday...
Law to protect rights of child domestic workers demanded
Government and non-government representatives on Tuesday called for the urgent enactment of a specific law to protect the rights and ensure the safety of child domestic workers, highlighting a major gap in the current legal framework...
Workers stage protest inside factory over unpaid wages
Workers of MK Footwear Limited staged a protest inside the factory at Sripur in Gazipur on Saturday, demanding their wages for the month of April...
LABOUR REFORM: Implementation of commission recommendations demanded
Politicians, academics and garment labour leaders on Friday at a rally in Dhaka called on the interim government to take steps to establish rights of the workers, especially the garment workers.
Govt urged to announce list of priorities
Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh general secretary Saiful Huq on Wednesday called on the interim government to announce its list of priorities to the people and political parties...
Workers鈥� wages at risk without non-stop work at Ctg port聽
Kazi Maniruzzaman, former president of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association, warned that if the Chattogram port did not operate 24 hours a day, garment factory owners cannot pay workers their wages and Eid allowances...
Pay salary of RMG workers or go to jail
Labour and employment adviser Brigadier General M Sakhawat Hussain (retired) has asked owners of readymade garment factories to pay all dues of workers by May 28...
Expats send $1.6b in 17 days of May
Bangladesh has received $1.61 billion in inward remittances during the first 17 days of May, marking a robust flow of foreign currency from expatriate workers, according to a revised update from Bangladesh Bank...
RMG workers hold 鈥楳arch to Jamuna鈥� for dues
Several hundred readymade garment workers on Tuesday marched towards chief adviser Professor Muhammad Yunus鈥檚 official residence Jamuna in the capital, demanding payment of their arrears...
RMG workers block highway for salary, festival allowance聽
Readymade garment workers on Thursday blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for about three hours in Gazipur demanding their due salaries for the month of April and festival allowances.
PKK ends decades of armed struggle
The Kurdistan Workers鈥� Party on Monday announced its dissolution and the end of its armed struggle, drawing a line under its deadly four-decade insurgency against the Turkish state.
Legal protection of domestic workers is a must
DOMESTIC workers, mostly women and children, continue to work without any legal and policy protection in Bangladesh. A 12-year-old who was allegedly raped by her employer and is currently being treated at the Dhaka Medical College Hospital brings to light the issue of a legally unprotected workplace for domestic workers. This is, however, not an isolated incident. In...
Sylhet tea garden workers to resume work tomorrow
Workers of three tea gardens and a factory under Burjan Tea Estate in Sylhet on Wednesday agreed to join work on Friday after receiving assurances from the authorities that their wage arrears and allowances would be paid...
KSA, Jordan urged to recruit more Bangladeshi workers
Expatriates鈥� welfare and overseas employment adviser Asif Nazrul urged the governments of Saudi Arabia and Jordan to recruit more skilled Bangladeshi workers ahead of mega events and infrastructure projects.
Bus, auto-rickshaw services halted for 2nd day in Bhola
Internal bus and CNG-run auto-rickshaw services across five routes in Bhola remained suspended for the second consecutive day on Monday, following a violent clash among transport workers that erupted on Sunday, causing severe hardship for passengers...
Shipbreaking and systematic sacrifice of workers
SHIP breaking refers to the process of either partially or completely dismantling ships that are at the end of their product life cycle. The recovered components of the used vessels are things such as steel and scrap iron for recycling or reuse. Since ship breaking is a labour-intensive sector, it is quite costly for developed nations due to the high cost of domestic labour...
Unfinished business of workers鈥� justice
LABOUR Day, observed on May 1, is often treated as a celebratory occasion. Yet, beyond the banners and speeches lies a hard truth: our global economy is built on the relentless work of labourers whose voices are too often ignored. From garment factories in Bangladesh to agricultural fields in Latin America, from the care sector in Europe to tech support centres...
Unpaid tea workers鈥� concerns demand urgent attention
EXPORT earnings from tea gardens in the country have been progressively on the rise amid allegations of gross violations of tea workers鈥� rights. About 2,600 tea garden workers of Burjan Tea Company blocked the Sylhet Airport Highway on May 4 for several hours, demanding their wage arrears and allowances. Protesting workers reported that their wages and food...
Tea garden workers block road for arrears, allowances
Workers of three tea gardens in Sylhet on Sunday blocked the Sylhet Airport road demanding their wage arrears and allowances...
Rights of workers not established: discussion
Politicians, academics and professionals on Saturday at a discussion in the capital Dhaka said that rights of the workers were not established in the country...
Art exhibition honours working class聽
A daylong art exhibition, honouring the working class, marking International Workers鈥� Day titled '15th Rongottor Art Exhibition' is under way at Rabindra Sarobar in Dhanmondi, Dhaka.
May Day being observed
International Workers鈥� Day, also known as May Day, is being observed across Bangladesh on Thursday, alongside worldwide observances, with workers uniting to demand better working conditions and rights.聽
Historic May Day today
Bangladesh along with the rest of the world will observe May Day, also known as International Workers鈥� Day, today with demands for ensuring worker rights, including right to workplace safety and right to forming and joining trade unions...
22,000 cases pending with labour courts
The wait for justice for hundreds of workers is getting ever longer, as the labour courts and the labour appellate tribunal are struggling to deal with a backlog of around 22,000 cases...
No nat鈥檒 minimum wage in Bangladesh widens disparity聽
The absence of a national minimum wage forces a huge number of employees and workers in many formal and informal sectors in the country to remain highly low paid, widening income inequality...
May Day and forgotten workers
MAY Day, or International Workers鈥� Day, carries the memory of profound struggle, sacrifice, and the eternal aspiration for dignity among labourers. Rooted in the labour movement鈥檚 demand for an eight-hour workday, its origin traces back to the Haymarket Affair in Chicago in 1886. Workers who protested against exploitative working conditions faced brutal...
Ensure safe workplace for workers: Taslima
Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati president Taslima Akhter said that workers across different sectors of the country need a standard working environment free from all fears...