Thousands of workers at the Azim Group’s Orchid and Savar factories in Chittagong have continued to face intimidation, violence and brutality from their employers in their quest to form a union. This week, 61 of the main labour organisers have had criminal charges filed against them, with 22 workers still remaining locked up. Unfortunately such repression and brutality are not uncommon in Bangladesh where employers and governments actively stop workers organising so as to keep wages below poverty levels (see here and here).
Thousands of workers at the Azim Group’s Orchid and Savar factories in Chittagong have continued to face intimidation, violence and brutality from their employers in their quest to form a union. This week, 61 of the main labour organisers have had criminal charges filed against them, with 22 workers still remaining locked up. Unfortunately such repression and brutality are not uncommon in Bangladesh where employers and governments actively stop workers organising so as to keep wages below poverty levels (see here and here).
