Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets Used in Bangladesh; Over 5,000 Workers Protest for Higher Wages

Bangladesh police today (January 8, 2019) fired rubber bullets and tear gas, as thousands of factory workers in the South Asian country's  huge garment industry staged protests for a third day demanding wage hikes, according to The Globe Post website.

Police said more than 5,000 workers blocked a national highway at Hemayetpur outside the capital, Dhaka.

"At least 12 policemen were injured after they threw rocks at our officers..." police official Sana Shaminur Rahman said.

Bangladesh is the world's second-largest garment maker, preceded only by China. It has replaced millions of American jobs in the garment industry, as many American garment company owners have moved their companies to Asia, where labor is much cheaper than America.

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