Bangladesh

ACT NOW - Bangladeshi Garment Worker Solidarity

5 minute action to support trade union rights in Bangladesh

War on Want Report on Primark, Tesco & Adsa

War on Want has launched its latest report Fashion Victims II: How UK clothing retailers are keeping workers in poverty, which exposes the appalling conditions faced by workers producing clothes for Primark, Tesco and Asda.

Guardian Covers No Sweat Protest to TUC Over Hosting Primark AGM

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From the Guardian, Dec 3, 2008. Original article in response to our letter, plus response from TUC chief Brendan Barber to TUC General Council and affiliates.

Apparently, the TUC is thinking hard about who it books its facilities out to. We would still like to see the AGM blocked and a firm statement from the TUC urging Primark to clean up its act!

TUC in 'sweatshop labour' row over firm hiring congress hall

The TUC general secretary, Brendan Barber, is refusing to back down over a decision to let out its congress hall this Friday to a British company whose suppliers are alleged to use sweatshop labour in Bangladesh to manufacture cheap T shirts.

Primark Running Scared from Protesters

A threadbare defence
Primark answered critics over its use of child labour by closing factories in India. But its PR worries aren't over yet
Ewa Jasiewicz

Five months after the Panorama child labour exposé, Primark has been caught with its trousers down – this time over a protest against the clothing company's participation in a major PR event.

Primark pulls out of PR conference over bad PR fears

British fast fashion giant PRIMARK was due to present on how it weathered the Panorama scandal which exposed the use of child labour in its' supply chains this summer. Unfortunately for them their boasts of having made the outcry go away were premature!

Shame on PRIMARK Publicity Stunt

25/11/2008 - 10:30am
25/11/2008 - 12:00pm

"PRIMARK: ‘Cut the Spin - the crisis for workers continues’"
What: Protest
Host: Tara, Stacey and Labour Behind the Label
Where: The Grange City Hotel

Bangladeshi Textile Workers Speak

04/12/2008 - 7:00pm
07/12/2008 - 6:00pm

No Sweat National Speaker Tour:

Paid as little as 14p an hour, working up to 18 hour days, the garment workers of Bangladesh are not only some of the most exploited workers on the planet - they are also some of the most militant activists and trade unionists in the world.

Come and hear them tell their courageous story of how the forces of workers solidarity are winning the battle against the sweatshop bosses and the military government of Bangladesh.

Mark Thomas among speakers at No Sweat Annual Gathering

07/12/2008 - 10:30am
07/12/2008 - 5:30pm
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No Sweat's annual Gathering takes place on Sunday 7 December at Queen Mary's college, Mile End, East London. Hear Bangladeshi garment worker activists speak and much more...

Get your ticket now at:
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/39506 (£6 full price)
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/39507 (£4 concs)

Picket Tesco, Bethnal Green - Support bangladeshi Workers

26/04/2008 - 11:00am
26/04/2008 - 12:27pm

SOLIDARITY WITH BANGLADESHI TEXTILE WORKERS!

Picket Tesco!

Meet outside Tesco, Bethnal Green Road at 11am on Saturday 26th April

Appeal for Support for Grassroots Bangalore Street Cleaners Union

BANGALORE MAHANAGARA PALLIKE GUTTIGE POWRAKARMIKARA SANGHA
(Union of Bangalore City Corporation Contract Streetsweepers)

An appeal for support

Friends,
There are more than ten thousand contract powrakarmikas (municipal workers) in Bangalore, employed to keep the city clean. Over 80 percent of them are dalit and women. They labour under inhuman work conditions. They work six days a week, through sun and rain, cleaning the garbage with their bare hands.

Anniversary of Spectrum Factory Collapse

[from Clean Clothes campaign]
April 11 marks the third anniversary of the Spectrum factory collapse in
Bangladesh.

The collapse, of the factory, build on swamp and not up to standard, killed 64 and injured 80, of which 54 seriously.

Solidarity with Bangladeshi Textile Workers Action

Topics:
26/04/2008 - 11:00am
26/04/2008 - 1:00pm

meet at Tesco, Bethnal Green (opposite Derbyshire Road), London.

LONDON NO SWEAT MEETING - SOLIDARITY WITH BANGLADESHI TEXTILE WORKERS

Topics:
31/03/2008 - 7:30pm
31/03/2008 - 9:00pm

MONDAY 31st MARCH 7:30pm Oxford House, Derbyshire Road, Bethnal Green

London No Sweat Forum - Solidarity with Bangladeshi Textile Workers

LONDON NO SWEAT FORUM

Tesco to investigate riots at Bangladeshi factories

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Tesco has said it will investigate the circumstances of a series of violent demonstrations at factories in Bangladesh where workers have been protesting for higher wages and better working conditions.

Bangladeshi workers riot against sweatshop poverty

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Over 1000 workers producing clothes for Tesco H&M and Primark riot against beatings and poverty pay...

High price paid for cheap UK clothes

Workers endure up to 84-hour weeks to survive

Asda, Primark and Tesco accused over clothing factories

Long hours and low pay breach industry codes, say workers

Bangladesh: children at work in factories

"Of 42.39 million Bangladeshi children aged 5-17 years 7.42 million were economically active, of which 3.18 million were considered child labourers."

Bangladesh: garment workers protest

Topics:

http://www.waronwant.org/?lid=13901

Firm’s thugs attack clothes workers

A garment workers’ leader in Bangladesh disappeared after protesting at a colleague’s dismissal.

Workers went on strike over his disappearance in Tejgaon, believing he had been killed and his body hidden in the factory. The company’s bosses unleashed further violence, hiring thugs to beat up employees. Five workers were found hours later unconscious in a locked office.

War on Want Chief Executive Louise Richards met the Bangladeshi High Commissioner in London. She asked him to investigate the case, locate the whereabouts of the missing workers’ leader, establish the background of events and bring the attackers to justice.

Review:

http://www.waronwant.org/?lid=13901

Firm’s thugs attack clothes workers

A garment workers’ leader in Bangladesh disappeared after protesting at a colleague’s dismissal.

Workers went on strike over his disappearance in Tejgaon, believing he had been killed and his body hidden in the factory. The company’s bosses unleashed further violence, hiring thugs to beat up employees. Five workers were found hours later unconscious in a locked office.

War on Want Chief Executive Louise Richards met the Bangladeshi High Commissioner in London. She asked him to investigate the case, locate the whereabouts of the missing workers’ leader, establish the background of events and bring the attackers to justice.

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