Inside Bangladeshi garment workers’ ongoing fight for fair pay
about 5 months ago (12/18/2023)
Inside Bangladeshi garment workers’ ongoing fight for fair pay | Dazed â¬…ï¸ Left Arrow *ï¸âƒ£ Asterisk â Star Option Sliders âœ‰ï¸ Mail Exit Fashion After a series of vital protests pushing for higher wages, this month the country’s government failed to substantially increase salaries. Here, people living in the region explain why the battle continues 18 December 2023 Text Sophie Benson Death of A Thousand Dreams, Talisma Akhter 12 “If the salary is not increased, I will have to let my child engage in child labour instead of education to meet household expenses,” said 32-year-old sewing operator Jahanara Begum in November as she waited for the new minimum wage to be announced for garment workers in Bangladesh. “It has become very difficult to bear the cost of food, house rent, children’s education, medical and maintenance expenses for parents with this low income of ours.