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Women workers attacked in Bangladesh
Five hundred garment workers in Bangladesh have been sacked, five women raped and three women ... the National Garment Workers' Federation of Bangladesh has mobilised a courageous campaign under ... There are over one million workers, mainly women and children, in the garment industry in Bangladesh ...
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Nike workers arrested, injured, fired
company now has five factories in Chittagong and seven in Bangladesh, with two more to open soon. Youngone ... Nike workers arrested, injured, fired A Bangladesh newspaper, the Independent of Dhaka, reported ... on July 14 that nine workers from the Youngone factory were in jail, 300 injured (50 seriously), 97 ...
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Indian campaign against child labour
occupations are moved to newer depths of poverty. For instance, there is evidence in Bangladesh of children ... who have done carpet weaving or worked in garment factories who have moved to prostitution or farm ...
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Australia: toxic exports outlaw
complain that pollution from the factory is destroying their agriculture. Locals complain of nausea, ... dumped tin plate waste in Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Pakistan and Singapore. ...
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The timber with blood in its grain
Mon, Karen and Karenni people have been forced to seek asylum in Thailand. On the Bangladesh border, ... The majority of the timber then finds its way to factories in the United States, Japan, Denmark and ... supplying arms from a Rangoon factory. In 1990 Pepsi signed a US$2.5 million joint venture with SLORC for ...
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South Africa: business pushes labour accord
Bangladesh are below South African workers'. They fail to point out, however, that salaries for senior ... managers internationally earn between 2.5 and 3.5 times more than factory workers, while in South Africa ...