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More than 100 Bangladeshi garment factories were forced to shut on Monday as thousands of workers protested to demand a $100 a month minimum wage and about 50 people were injured in clashes, police and witnesses said.

Garments are a vital sector for Bangladesh and its low wages and duty-free access to Western markets have helped make it the world’s second-largest apparel exporter after China.

But the $20 billion industry, which supplies many Western brands, has been under a spotlight after a series of deadly incidents including the collapse of a building housing factories in April that killed more than 1,130 people.

Workers took to the streets for a third day on Monday, blocking major roads and attacking some vehicles in the Gazipur and Savar industrial zones, on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka.

At least 50 people, including some policemen, were injured, witnesses and police said, as police fired teargas and rubber bullets, and workers responded by throwing broken bricks.

Some workers also vandalised factories, witnesses said.

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At least 25 people, including a trade union leader, were injured Tuesday in clashes between workers and law enforcers at Chashara in Narayanganj.

The workers of Fuji Knitwear Sweater Factory allegedly blocked the Chashara roundabout, suspending traffic protesting the closure of their factory.

Clashes broke out when police used truncheons on the agitators, as they did not heed police request to clear the street. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas canisters to disperse the workers.

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Dhaka: Hundreds of workers of a readymade garment factory blocked a road in the capital city’s Hatirpool area on Sunday afternoon. The protesters also engaged in clashes with policemen, demanding their wage for August in full, festival bonus and other dues. As the workers took to the Hatirpool road halting the traffic movement, sporadic clashes broke out as policemen tried to disperse the agitated workers. “Although we were told earlier that the authorities would pay us by 5pm, they failed to do so,” said Nazma Ahkter, a worker of TS Fashions. She said when they asked the authorities, they were told that the money, which was drawn from a bank, had been snatched away by a gang of muggers in the capital’s Paribagh. “As the news of the money being snatched was spread among the workers, we came down to the road,” she said. Kalabagan police station officer-in-charge Enamul Haq said they resorted to charging batons to free the roads. A gang of muggers allegedly took Tk3m from Mozammel Haque, the owner of TS Fashions, soon after he drew the amount from a branch of a commercial scheduled bank in the capital’s Paribagh area.

Shahbagh police arrested Mozammel’s driver Azizul Huq in this connection.

Η περίπτωση του Μπαγκλαντές είναι ενδεικτική για την κατεύθυνση που παίρνει η κρατική βία σε όλα τα κράτη, ανάλογα με τις ιδιαιτερότητες τους. Για το Μπαγκλαντές δες και εδώ

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Garment workers shout slogans as they block a street during a protest to demand wage hike

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Συγκρούσεις φοιτητών με την αστυνομία με επίδικο ένα σύστημα μοριοδότησης που τους  αποκλείει από διορισμό στον κρατικό τομέα.

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Bangladesh police yesterday fired rubber bullets and tear gas at thousands of garment workers protesting for better benefits in the capital Dhaka.

The clashes occurred in Dhaka’s Tejgaon industrial area after about 5,000 workers from Utah Fashions went on the rampage when they found the owners had closed the factory rejecting their demand for a hike in lunch and attendance bills.

“They staged a sit-in blocking a road. The factory management and police have asked the workers to clear the road. But they became unruly and smashed vehicles and factory windows,” local police chief Monir Uz Zaman said.

The protesters were dispersed after “police fired rubber bullets and tear gas at them,” Zaman said, adding several people were injured.

Police in Dhaka Medical College Hospital said at least one worker was brought into the hospital with injuries from a rubber bullet.

In a separate but similar incident in Gazipur district north of Dhaka, up to 2,000 workers from the Uni Gears factory clashed with police after the authorities shut the plant indefinitely.

“The workers blocked a key highway and threw stones at police. We fired tear gas to disperse them,” Gazipur police spokesman Mosharraf Hossain said.

Hossain said the owners closed the plant following days of protests by the workers demanding increases in perks and bonuses.

Bangladesh’s $20bn garment industry, the world’s second largest after China, has witnessed weeks of labour protests over pay hikes and better safety since a massive building collapse killed 1,129 factory workers outside Dhaka in April.

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Police in Bangladesh have opened fired at a protest by former workers of a factory making clothes for western retailers that collapsed, who had taken to the streets to complain at their treatment by the authorities since the disaster six weeks ago.

The protests took place close to the site of the former Rana Plaza factory, now entirely demolished, in Savar, Many garment factories are concentrated in the town near the capital Dhaka. The death toll from the Rana Plaza disaster now stands at 1,130.

Hundreds of protesters, including former workers as well as relatives of victims killed or injured, were demonstrating to demand compensation or outstanding salaries promised by the government and the main body representing local employers in the booming industry, the Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA).

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Από την ημέρα που κατέρρευσε το εργοστάσιο στη Ντάκα (24 Απριλίου) μέχρι σήμερα οι εργάτες και οι εργάτριες συνεχώς διαδηλώνουν και έρχονται αντιμέτωπες με την αστυνομία και το κράτος που προσπαθεί να βρει τον τρόπο να συνεχιστεί η πλέον κερδοφόρα δραστηριότητα του κεφαλαίου στην περιοχή. Τα εργοστάσια άνοιξαν ξανα εχθές, όμως και πάλι έγιναν ταραχές (η αστυνομία χρησιμοποιεί συστηματικά σφαίρες από καουτσούκ και σε πιο έντονες καταστάσεις δολοφονεί, στο παρελθόν έχει επέμβει και ο στρατός ενάντια σε απεργούς). Το κράτος απαγόρευσε τις διαδηλώσεις για ένα μήνα  με δικαιολογία τη σφαγή των ισλαμιστών διαδηλωτών στις 5 Μαίου (τη σφαγή φυσικά την έκανε το κράτος – το θέμα αυτό είναι ιδιαίτερα πολύπλοκο).