Bangladesh and US discuss labour cooperation and workers’ rights at Geneva meeting

Rana Plaza: Garment Workers Still Fight for Fair Wages

Story by Leila Hawkins Photo: Union & labour right organisations protests on labour day 2024. Protest for social justice and decent work in Chittagong/Chattogram, Bangladesh / BCWS – BGIWF. Twelve years on from the Rana Plaza disaster where 1138 people died in the building’s collapse, garment workers in Bangladesh are still fighting for a living wage – and being violently… SourceThe post Rana Plaza: Garment workers are still fighting for fair wa…

Bangladesh and US discuss labour cooperation and workers’ rights at Geneva meeting

On the sidelines of the International Labour Conference at ILO Headquarters, Brigadier General (Retd) Dr. M Sakhawat Hossain, Bangladesh’s Labour and Employment Adviser, met bilaterally with Keith E. Sonderling, Deputy Secretary of the US Department of Labour. The topics of discussion included enhancing labour sector collaboration, defending workers’ rights, and enhancing working conditions throughout Bangladesh. […] The post Bangladesh and US d…