Protesting factory workers in Bangladesh are jailed
January 23, 2017
Worker protests over low wages paid by factories that make clothes for companies including Gap, H&M and Zara has resulted in at least 14 individuals being sent to jail. The factories who employ these individuals have pressed charges against them for acts of vandalism while labor advocates claim innocent people are being jailed as a scare tactic by management and the government.
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