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Bangladesh: Garment Workers’ Protest Shuts Down 100 Factories

HeadlineNov 12, 2013

In Bangladesh, police fired rubber bullets and water cannons at thousands of garment workers who took to the streets to protest low wages. The protest shut down more than 100 factories. Calls for better wages and conditions in the Bangladeshi garment industry have escalated since a building collapse killed more than 1,100 workers in April.

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