In the first ten days of May, two workers were killed in separate incidents in the huge shipbreaking beaches of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Ishaq was killed when a steel wire smashed into his face while the second worker, Shahinoor, was killed after falling off the ship he was working on. As previously reported (see here and here), these are not isolated deaths. The shipbreaking yards of South Asia have appalling safety standards, wages are extremely low, while organising efforts by workers are severely repressed by both employers and governments.
In the first ten days of May, two workers were killed in separate incidents in the huge shipbreaking beaches of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Ishaq was killed when a steel wire smashed into his face while the second worker, Shahinoor, was killed after falling off the ship he was working on. As previously reported (see here and here), these are not isolated deaths. The shipbreaking yards of South Asia have appalling safety standards, wages are extremely low, while organising efforts by workers are severely repressed by both employers and governments.
