The ship breaking yards of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh receive with most of the worlds’ large ships. The reasons that most of the world’s ships end up in these shipyards is that the wages for workers are incredibly low, working days very long and have almost non-existing health and safety regulations which exposes workers and their families to all kinds of toxic materials. Injuries and deaths are commonplace, click here and here. While workers have repeatedly tried to form unions, repression by governments and corporations, have been largely successful in defeating these efforts. A recent video investigation that focused on the experiences of a young worker in Chittagong, Bangladesh highlighted many of these issues.
The ship breaking yards of Pakistan, India and Bangladesh receive with most of the worlds’ large ships. The reasons that most of the world’s ships end up in these shipyards is that the wages for workers are incredibly low, working days very long and have almost non-existing health and safety regulations which exposes workers and their families to all kinds of toxic materials. Injuries and deaths are commonplace, click here and here. While workers have repeatedly tried to form unions, repression by governments and corporations, have been largely successful in defeating these efforts. A recent video investigation that focused on the experiences of a young worker in Chittagong, Bangladesh highlighted many of these issues.
