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Garment workers call for justice after mass uprising in Bangladesh

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Cornelia Berger Head of Post & Logistics | UNI Global Union

In early June, hundreds of thousands of Bangladeshis took to the streets to protest the government’s reinstatement of a job quota system favoring descendants from the country’s independence war in 1971. Since then, the prime minister has fled the country, and Bangladesh’s Supreme Court rolled back much of the unfair quota system.

However, the government's violent response to the protests has resulted in over 560 deaths and an estimated 150,000 injuries. Students and workers have borne the brunt of this abuse.

As a signatory to the International Accord, UNI Global Union has a longstanding relationship with the National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF), affiliated with IndustriALL. The NGWF’s members have been greatly affected by this violence. Five federation members have been killed; 50 have been injured and 100 have been arrested.

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On behalf of 4.2 million garment workers, the NGWF is calling on the interim government to take several actions:

- Immediate justice for the killings of 11 garment workers, including five members of the National Garment Workers Federation.

- Ensure necessary and advanced medical treatment for all injured garment workers.

- Immediately release all arrested garment workers without conditions.

- Arrange proper compensation for families of killed and injured garment workers.

- Increase wages set for garment workers and change "minimum wage" to "living wage" or "decent wage."

- Announce a national minimum wage applicable across all sectors.

- Introduce a rationing system for 4.2 million garment workers.

- Abolish separate laws for export processing zones (EPZs) and bring EPZs under existing labor law.

- Reform current labor laws considering ILO Conventions 87 and 98:

- Remove barriers to forming trade unions in Bangladesh's garment sector.

- Ensure equal wages and rights for women in family, state, society, and workplace.

UNI’s previous statement about the protests in Bangladesh is available here.

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