Bangladesh Garment Factories Are Struggling.

　 stay The People's Republic of Bangladesh About 700. clothing Before the factory was restarted on Wednesday, thousands of workers protested fiercely, demanding better wages.

After the Bangladesh government promised to stop violent atrocities, the owners of garment factories canceled the indefinite factory shutdown, said Abdel Salam Mushati, President of Bangladesh garment manufacturers and Exporters Association.

Manufacturers decided to close their factories on Monday night because they had no other way to avoid the chaos of the main industrial centers in the capital suburb of Dhaka.

In the past few weeks, thousands of workers have flocked to the streets and attacked many projects. Hundreds of people were injured in the clashes with police, and workers asked for a minimum wage of 5000 Taka ($73) / month.

At present, the average wage of clothing workers is 2000 Taka ($29) / month, making Bangladesh's clothing workers the poorest clothing workers in the world, the International Union of trade unions said.

Bangladesh has 4000 garment factories, mainly exported to the United States and Europe. Clothing exports bring us $12 billion in Bangladesh. The garment industry employs 2 million workers to improve the national economy. Leading industry 。

Affected by the global economic recession, garment manufacturers are also squeezed by falling demand and high production costs. High production costs are caused by energy crises and weak infrastructure.