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Friday 7 February 2014
Unionizing Bangladesh garment factory workers face intimidation, violence: Report
Garment factory workers in Bangladesh who try to
start trade unions are being intimidated and threatened with murder to
stop their efforts to organize, a human rights watchdog says.
Seems like one step forward and then two steps back. Seeing as even our government is undermining unions here I'm sure they can't be counted on to apply pressure in the countries supplying most of our clothing. Again it comes to us as concerned world citizens and purchasers of these foreign made products to shop as responsibly as we can and keep up the pressure that way to help bring change and increase safety for our brother and sister garment factory workers.
Seems like one step forward and then two steps back. Seeing as even our government is undermining unions here I'm sure they can't be counted on to apply pressure in the countries supplying most of our clothing. Again it comes to us as concerned world citizens and purchasers of these foreign made products to shop as responsibly as we can and keep up the pressure that way to help bring change and increase safety for our brother and sister garment factory workers.
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