Saturday, 04 September 2010




MUMBAI — Police in Bangladesh have arrested three garment-industry labor leaders and 18 other people on charges that they organized and participated in violent protests last month. International advocacy groups like Human Rights Watch and the International Labor Rights Forum have criticized the arrests, calling them a tactic for intimidating workers in a powerful industry that supplies Western buyers like Wal-Mart and H&M. The protesters were angry over a recent increase in the minimum...
Full Story: The New York Times



 

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