Bangladesh garment workers demand $100 a month minimum wage

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The Raw Story - 9/21/13, Agence France Presse

 

Mass grave for Bangladeshi garment workers via AFP

 

Thousands of Bangladesh garment workers blocked roads and attacked factories outside the capital Dhaka on Saturday demanding a $100 minimum monthly wage.

“There were at least 20,000 workers who joined the protest. They blocked roads, demanding a big salary hike,” Mustafizur Rahman, deputy police chief of the industrial district of Gazipur, told AFP.

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