Labour activists state increase in minimum wage to comparable of B3,900 a month too low PUBLISHED : 28 Dec 2023 at 20: 33 Bangladeshi garment employees block a roadway throughout a demonstration requiring greater salaries, in the Mirpur location of Dhaka on Nov12 (Photo: Reuters) DHAKA – Bangladesh garment factories have fired hundreds of employees consideringthat demonstrations in October requiring greater salaries, 3 labour unions representing half a million employees informed Reuters this week, while lotsof others are on the run fearing arrest. Clashes throughout the demonstrations, which ran alongwith larger anti-government presentations by the opposition ahead of the Jan 7 basic election, eliminated 4 employees and hurt lots of others, with the authorities filing cases versus hundreds of unknown individuals for vandalism. The federalgovernment concurred in November to raise minimum wag
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