Emeute ouvrière à পাবনা Pabna – 25 mars 2012
150 injured in clashes over pay hike for workers
gulf-times.com
26 03 2012
At least 150 people were injured yesterday in Bangladesh’s northern Pabna district as garment factory workers clashed with police over demands for pay increases, officials said.
The clashes erupted when police tried to disperse several hundred protesting workers from two garments factories, owned by Chinese investors, in the Iswardi Export Processing Zones, 125km north-west of the capital Dhaka.
Police fired rubber bullets and teargas as the workers went on a rampage and the clashes continued for at least three hours halting production at the factories, said police officer Shamim Hossain. Read more…
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