For 1,300 Bangladeshi garment workers in Gazipur, a suburb of Dhaka, the capital, forming a union at their factory was difficult—but they succeeded. “Before we formed a union in our factory, (the workers) had no way to communicate with our employer,” said Sanjida Akhter, a garment worker and president of the factory union. “But now things are different. Management will even approach the union to work out and discuss issues in the factory.” Find out more at the Solidarity Center.
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