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Garment workers turn wage desperation into formal bargaining power

Al Jazeera, Nov 1 · read the original

Protests demanding a minimum monthly wage more than double the current rate shut down over 500 Bangladesh garment factories across several industrial hubs; the government responds by forming a six-member wage board rather than waiting out the unrest.

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