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\nEuropean, US buyers urge quick solution to Bangladesh garmen
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DHAKA (XFN-ASIA) – European and US retailers have written to the Bangladesh government urging it to find a speedy solution to unrest in the garment sector following violent riots by workers, the English-language New Age reported.<\/p>\n
Rioting workers demanding higher wages last month torched 16 factories and ransacked hundreds of others. At least two people were killed and scores injured after security officers shot at workers.<\/p>\n
‘We, the majority of foreign buying organizations of ready-made garments of Bangladesh are deeply concerned over the situation,’ the daily quoted the letter, signed by 11 US and European buyers, as saying.<\/p>\n
It urged the government to solve the dispute in the ‘shortest possible time through dialogue between the industry’s stakeholders’.<\/p>\n
Workers last month went back to work after employers agreed to fix a minimum wage for the industry.<\/p>\n
But sporadic low-level unrest has continued despite a memorandum of understanding signed last week by the government, workers and employers.<\/p>\n
The agreement promised new rights including paid days off and the fixing of a minimum wage within three months.<\/p>\n
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