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Bangladesh forms six-member wage board as garment protests disrupt factories
Bangladesh formed a six-member wage board to review garment minimum pay as workers demanding 30,000 taka continued protests and factories shut.
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Bangladesh announced a six-member wage board on 1 November to review garment workers' minimum pay, urging a return to work. Protests demanding 30,000 taka a month, up from 12,500 taka, continued, with police using tear gas and water cannon and about 25 to 30 factories shut.
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