INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Garment workers making clothes in Bangladesh for UK high-street brands say they are facing starvation and are having to steal and scavenge
food from fields and bins to feed their children, as protests continue over a new minimum wage for the garment workforce of 4 million
people.Over the past week, tens of thousands of workers have taken to the streets in increasingly violent protests that, according to unions
and news reports, have left one young garment worker, Rasel Hawlader, dead.Despite being a major supplier of clothing to fast fashion
inflation and a cost of living crisis
Further protests are expected during a two-week review period before the new minimum wage is confirmed by the prime minister, Sheikh Hasina,
who has the power to make the final decision.Garment workers taking part in protests in Dhaka told the Guardian that anything less than
garment worker with young children who did not want to be named
inflation the wage I earn is insufficient
He also said the government was considering calls from garment workers for ration cards to help cover living costs.Many fashion brands,
Photograph: Suvra Kanti Das/ABACA/ShutterstockHowever, labour rights groups argue that, despite many brands coming out in support of
This article first appeared/also appeared in theguardian.com
