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World Business Report: First broadcast 02/11/2023 15:32 GMT : Bangladeshi garment workers fights for better wages

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Bangladeshi garment workers fights for better wages

First broadcast 02/11/2023 15:32 GMT 

First broadcast 02/11/2023 15:32 GMT : Bangladeshi garment workers fights for better wages

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Bangladeshi garment workers fights for better wages

Thousands of people protests on the streets of Dhaka

Garment workers get around 75 dollars a month. They want that increasing about to at least 200 dollars.

Thousands of garment workers in Bangladesh, one of largest garment-producing countries in the world, are took to the streets of capital Dhaka to demand better wages.

At least two people have been killed and dozens injured when protesters clashed with police. 

Clothing exports are worth more than forty billion dollars annually to the Bangladesh economy, with shipments reaching more than one hundred and fifty countries and over one thousand clothing brands.

Around four million people are employed in the garment industry - 60% of them are women. 

They get around 75 dollars a month. They want that increasing about to at least 200 dollars.

(Picture: Woman Holding Money from Microloan. Picture credit: Getty Images)

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