Bangladesh Clothing Workers Strike 11000 People Were Fired.

In the early January, about 50 thousand Bangladeshi workers took to the streets, went on strike, protested and demanded higher wages.

More than 10 thousand Bangladesh garment workers who had taken part in the strike were dismissed from the factory, Bloomberg reported recently.

It is reported that these workers are from factories such as H&M, WAL-MART, Tesco (Tesco) and Hardi (Aldi).

More than 4500 textile mills and garment factories have been hit by strikes, which last year made up to about 27000000000 euros worth of clothing.

In February 9th, Rabeya from the Moon Readywears Ltd. clothing factory was told to dismiss, on the grounds that she took part in earlier street protests.

But the company denied the claim.

"Our monthly salary is only 9600 Taka (US $114), which is only slightly higher than the minimum wage for sewing workers," Rabeya said.

A local union says more than 11000 workers have been sacked after labor protests, and the Bangladesh garment industry is facing a new round of labor riots.

To a large extent, the clothing industry has provided impetus for the rapid economic growth of Bangladesh, with an export scale of US $30 billion 610 million, accounting for 83% of the total export volume.

Mark Anner, associate professor of labor relations at Penn State University, said that although Burma and Ethiopia have lower wages for marginal export countries, Bangladesh is the lowest wage country among all the major garment exporters in the world.

According to a 2017 World Trade Organization report, Bangladesh is the second largest exporter of clothing after China, although the Bulgarian garment industry is growing at a fastest rate of 6%.

It is reported that the Bangladesh government raised wages before the December 30th election, but workers said factories refused to comply with the new regulations, while enterprises accused unions and workers of destroying factories.

At present, police and employers have filed lawsuits against more than 3000 workers.

The collapse of the Rana Plaza building in 2013 resulted in the death of 1100 garment workers. After four years, the turmoil may drag foreign retailers into another high-profile labour dispute.

Rabeya's former employer Moon Readywears, whose parent company Setara has ten years of business dealings with H&M, denies any wrongdoing.

"This is labor migration."

The company's boss, Anwar Kamal Pasha, said, "we only offer workers who have accusations of specific violations.

We will not handle individual cases, and the company has also complied with the latest wage rules. "

Bloomberg interviewed three Moon Readywears unemployed workers. One of the inspectors, AbdulMannan, said she was dismissed on Wednesday.

Another worker named Mohammad Rana was arrested on the street protests and was released on bail after being released from prison.

Third workers, Abdul Mannan, claimed that the company was in arrears of wages.

At present, Anwar Kamal Pasha has not responded to these questions.

In a public statement, H&M said that there were three factory workers being sacked and the rest of the workers being closely monitored.

Bangladesh commerce minister Tipu Munshi said in an interview that all factories must comply with the new wage law, but some factories did not comply with the new wage regulations.

Others add that the government has instructed the law enforcement authorities to investigate activities involving illegal or disrupted public property workers, but will not involve ordinary workers who only want to raise their salaries.

Compliance issues

Pratyush Rao, the business director of the wind control information agency, said the Bangladesh government is trying to achieve a difficult balance between millions of workers' interests and the clothing industry.

In the face of pressure before the December election, the government raised the minimum wage but raised it to only 8000 Taka, while nearly half of the Union asked for 16000 Tucca wages per month. Rao said that although he did not think the government would prevent wage increases, it would not necessarily crack down on garment factories.

"The government regards the risk management department as the last guarantee.

It is one thing to make policy, and it is another thing to abide by the policy. "

Mark Anner, director of the global centre for labor rights at Penn State University, said the situation in Bangladesh should attract the attention of foreign retailers.

Local factories must comply with the law and recommend that brands and retailers examine the cost accounting method to adjust wage growth.