Thousands strike at VW鈥檚 Germany plants
Thousands of Volkswagen workers went on strike Monday in an escalating industrial dispute, with unions warning that the crisis-hit German auto giant is intent on making mass layoffs and closing factories...
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Worker dies after falling from 18th floor in city
A construction worker, Mohammad Noyon Mia, 22, died after falling from the 18th floor of a 20-storey under-construction building in Dhaka鈥檚 Azimpur area Sunday afternoon...
VW鈥檚 German workers to strike from today: union
Workers at German factories for carmaker Volkswagen are to go on strike from today over plans to cut thousands of jobs, union IG Metall said at the weekend...
Gazipur RMG workers set fire to 3 vehicles protesting at death of guard
Workers of a readymade garment factory set fire to three vehicles on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway to protest at the death of a security guard of the organisation in a bus crash, said police on Sunday morning...
Tea garden workers threaten tough movement for wages
Tea garden worker leaders on Saturday threatened to launch a tougher movement if initiatives were not taken immediately to pay their wage arrears and reopen the gardens.
Aid workers killed in Gaza
Gaza鈥檚 civil defence agency said three aid workers were killed in an Israeli air strike in the Hamas-run territory on Saturday but the Israeli army said it killed a 鈥榯errorist鈥�...
Bus worker dies in fire from mosquito coil
A teenage transport worker asleep in a parked bus was burned to death in a fire triggered by a burning mosquito coil in Khulna in the early hours of Friday.
Implement tripartite agreement in garment sector: rally
The leaders of Garment Workers鈥� Trade Union Centre on Friday at a protest rally demanded the implementation of tripartite agreement in garment sector and announcing 15 per cent wage...
Garment workers block Dhaka-Tangail Highway demanding unpaid wages
Garment workers from Mahmud Jeans Limited staged a protest on Thursday, blocking the Dhaka-Tangail Highway in the Chandra area of Kaliakair upazila, Gazipur, demanding their overdue wages.
RMG workers to get TCB subsidised food items
The government has asked the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh to include about 10 lakh readymade garments workers in its subsidised food items distribution programme to one crore card holders...
Tea workers continue strike demanding arrears, rations
Tea workers from 12 gardens under the National Tea Company in Habiganj, Moulvibazar and Sylhet district have been on strike for over a month, demanding three months鈥� unpaid wages and rations...
US team expresses concerns over labour rights
The visiting United States鈥� delegation led by the special representative for international labour affairs at the US Department of State, Kelly M Fay Rodriguez, on Monday expressed concerns over unfair labour practices, complex trade union registration processes and legal actions against garment workers and labour leaders involved in labour movements...
Low wages, production pressure hurt Bangladeshi RMG workers: study
Low wages and constant pressure to meet production targets have put significant negative impacts, including reliance on overtime, rising debt, health risks and limited access to essential services, on Bangladeshi garment workers, according to a study...
Emerging job opportunities in S Arabia
MILLIONS of Bangladeshis go abroad every year for work with the hope of financial prosperity and improving the standard of living of their families. Migrant workers continue...
Tea workers shut Madhabpur Lake to tourists
The protesting tea workers of the state-owned National Tea Company have shut the Madhabpur Lake, located inside the Madhabpur Tea Garden, at Kamalganj in Moulvibazar.
Beximco workers block highway for pays
The workers of Beximco Industrial Park in Gazpiur continued their protests for the seventh day running on Thursday, demanding salaries and allowances...
RMG workers block Chandra-Nabinagar highway for compensation, arrear
Workers in Gazipur staged demonstrations on Thursday, blocking the busy Chandra-Nabinagar Highway to press home demands that include compensation for injured colleagues, improved safety measures, and unpaid wages...
8 killed in road accidents in 3 districts
At least eight people were killed in separate road accidents in Dhaka, Pabna and Noakhali from Wednesday night to Thursday.
Beximco workers continue protest for arrears
Workers of Beximco Industrial Park in Gazpiur continued their protests for the sixth day on Wednesday demanding their arrears...
NGWF wants steps against garment factory owners
Leaders of National Garment Workers Federation on Friday at a protest rally in Dhaka called on the interim government to take actions against some garment factory owners for destabilising the readymade garment sector.
Tea workers in Sylhet stage protest march demanding overdue wages
Hundreds of tea workers took to the streets of Sylhet on Friday, demanding the immediate payment of unpaid wages and rations.
Drive against polythene postponed amid protests
The Department of Environment-led joint drives against manufacturing illegal polythene bags were postponed halfway on Wednesday amid protests by polythene factory workers at Kamalbagh of Chawk Bazar in Old Dhaka...
Govt should implement tannery worker鈥檚 minimum wage early
THE relocation of tanneries from Hazaribagh to Dhaka鈥檚 outskirts of Savar had been in discussions until the relocation was somewhat complete a few years ago, with some prickly issues such as pollution still rearing the head. The relocation project began in 2003 on a High Court order of 2001 to save the moribund River Buriganga. The tannery units...
People suffer as RMG workers block highway for third day
Workers from five garment factories of the TNZ Group in Gazipur called off their blockade on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Mogorkhal in the city Monday evening after staging protests there for three days.
20km tailback as RMG workers block highway
Workers from five garment factories of the TNZ Group in Gazipur blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for 35 hours through Sunday evening, demanding payment of outstanding wages...
Foreign workers headcount to begin
The Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics is going to begin the economic census next month and one of the major aims of the census is, for the first time, to determine the number of foreign workers in the country.
Croatia arrests 4 over attack on migrants
Police in Croatia said on Saturday that four men were arrested over a racially-motivated attack against foreign workers, which was followed by three similar incidents that left one Nepali was seriously injured.
Govt tea garden workers on strike for payment of dues聽
Tea workers of the state-owned National Tea Company are on an indefinite strike demanding wage arrears.
Six factories shut for indefinite period in Gazipur
At least six factories under the Tusuka Group on Sunday were declared shut for an indefinite period amid workers protect for allowances.
11 RMG workers sent to jail so far
At least 11 readymade garment workers had so far been arrested and sent to jail in connection with setting fire to army jeep and a police van during a clash in the capital鈥檚 Mirpur on Thursday...