More Than 100 Bangladeshi Factories Forced To Close As Wage Protests Continue Into Third Day

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Huffington Post - by Ruma Paul/Reuters, 9/23/13

 

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Bangladeshi garment factory workers shout slogans during a protest in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, Sept. 23, 2013. Police fired rubber bullets and tear gas in the third day of clashes Monday with thousands of garment workers demanding better minimum wages amid escalating tension over the country's main export business.
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DHAKA, Sept 23 (Reuters) - More than 100 Bangladeshi garment factories were forced to shut on Monday as thousands of workers protested to demand a $100 a month minimum wage and about 50 people were injured in clashes, police and witnesses said.

Workers took to the streets for a third day on Monday, blocking major roads and attacking some vehicles in the Gazipur and Savar industrial zones, on the outskirts of the capital, Dhaka.

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