Bangladesh Agrees to Raise Minimum Wage for Garment Workers After Protests
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Hundreds of garment factories were shut down this week as workers in the country, the world’s second-largest exporter of clothing, demonstrated for higher pay.
Hundreds of factories remained shut after days of protests disrupted the country’s garment industry, which earns about $40 billion a year from exports.
Bangladesh has some 2,500 garment factories.
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Hundreds of garment factories were shut down this week as workers in the country, the world’s second-largest exporter of clothing, demonstrated for higher pay.
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Hundreds of factories remained shut after days of protests disrupted the country’s garment industry, which earns about $40 billion a year from exports.