Solidarity Center Report: Attacks Escalate on Bangladesh Garment Union Leaders

(Metropolitan Washington Council, AFL-CIO)More than a dozen garment factory union leaders in Gazipur, Bangladesh, have been physically attacked or threatened with violence and even death in the past two weeks, according to the Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union Federation (BIGUF). The attacks are centered on garment workers seeking to form unions at factories owned by East West Industrial Park, which operates 11 factories in a large manufacturing complex outside Dhaka, the capital. More than 15 garment union leaders, fearing for their safety, are in hiding. Find out more at the Solidarity Center. Donate now to the Bangladesh Worker Rights Fund and help support the union organizers braving dangerous conditions to help garment workers.