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A deadly night at sea: when dishonesty, legal gaps and unsafe practices cost workers' their lives

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Una noche mortal en el mar: cuando la deshonestidad, los vacíos legales y las prácticas inseguras se cobran vidas de trabajadores [IndustriALL] 22-01-2026


Nuit meurtrière en mer : quand la malhonnêteté, les lacunes juridiques et les pratiques dangereuses coûtent la vie à des travailleurs [IndustriALL] 22-01-2026


A deadly night at sea: when dishonesty, legal gaps and unsafe practices cost workers' their lives [IndustriALL] 22-01-2026


Striving for Workers’ Safety, Voice, and Just Transition [The Daily Star] 19-01-2026


Speakers urge action to protect domestic workers’ rights [The Financial Express] 14-01-2026



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Bangladesh Garment Workers Expand Workplace Rights with Solidarity Center Support For more info 2026-01-26 [Solidarity Center]

A deadly night at sea: when dishonesty, legal gaps and unsafe practices cost workers' their lives 2026-01-22 [IndustriALL]

Nuit meurtrière en mer : quand la malhonnêteté, les lacunes juridiques et les pratiques dangereuses coûtent la vie à des travailleurs 2026-01-22 [IndustriALL]

Una noche mortal en el mar: cuando la deshonestidad, los vacíos legales y las prácticas inseguras se cobran vidas de trabajadores 2026-01-22 [IndustriALL]

Striving for Workers’ Safety, Voice, and Just Transition 2026-01-19 [The Daily Star]

Speakers urge action to protect domestic workers’ rights 2026-01-14 [The Financial Express]

Labour leaders propose 15-point manifesto for workers ahead of polls 2026-01-08 [The Financial Express]

Hotel workers threaten strike over unpaid minimum wage 2026-01-05 [UNB News]

Echoes of unity: EWCSA's enduring call for collective bargaining among informal women workers 2025-12-30 [The Tribune]

Unsung heroes: Women workers build a national platform to claim rights 2025-12-23 [The Tribune]

Bangladesh Le résultat de l’examen judiciaire renforce encore davantage la nécessité de doter l’OCRE de pouvoirs réels afin de garantir la responsabilité des entreprises canadiennes 2025-12-16 [Métallos]

Bangladesh Result of judicial review further strengthens the need for an empowered CORE to ensure corporate accountability of Canadian companies 2025-12-16 [USW]

What the new labour ordinance means for workers 2025-12-13 [The Daily Star]

Shipbreaking workers' union demands Tk 36,000 minimum wage 2025-12-13 [The Daily Star]

Solidarity Center Achieves Worker Rights Boost in Bangladesh For more info 2025-12-11 [Solidarity Center]

Women workers demand rights and recognition as inequalities laid bare at EU-Oxfam event 2025-12-11 [UNB]

Adviser calls for official recognition of women’s work 2025-12-10 [The Tribune]

RMG workers part of trade unions get 10% higher wages: BIDS 2025-12-09 [Fibre2Fashion]

Night work, overtime and work conditions for women 2025-12-02 [The New Age]

It’s been 12 years since Rana Plaza. Why is Amazon still refusing to protect Bangladeshi garment workers? 2025-11-28 [Progressive International]

A decade after Rana Plaza, workers still die for fast fashion, Amazon can change that, but won’t 2025-11-28 [Maktob Media]

Layoffs, EPZ move put tannery workers at risk, say union leaders 2025-11-26 [UNB]

Mass criminal cases filed against 48,000 garment workers after pay protest are dropped 2025-11-26 [BHRRC]

Bangladesh Workers deported from Ansell-linked Malaysian factory after abuse allegations 2025-11-23 [ABC]

Structured dialogue key to resolving industrial disputes: Experts 2025-11-21 [The New Nation]

Malaysia Bangladeshi workers in Ansell’s supply chain face deportation 2025-11-21 [Green Left Weekly]

Landmark ratifications in Bangladesh towards a future of work with safe and healthy environments, free from violence and harassment 2025-11-21 [ILO]

Ctg Port transport workers block road protesting at extortion, assault 2025-11-20 [The New Age]

Childhood choked by brick kilns in Dhamrai 2025-11-20 [Bangi News]

Govt issues gazette allowing trade unions with minimum 20 workers; apparel sector leaders reject move 2025-11-19 [The Business Standard]

Revised labour law allows trade union formation with 20 workers in small factories 2025-11-19 [BDNews]

Sanitation Workers in Dhaka Demand Reinstatement and Fair Treatment 2025-11-13 [PSI]

Rights activists seek investigation into corruption in labour migration 2025-11-11 [Prothom Alo]

Trade Union-Civil Society Action Alliance launched for migrant workers' welfare 2025-11-11 [The Business Standard]

Trade unions call for worker inclusion in climate policymaking and COP30 agenda 2025-11-11 [BHRRC]

Workers must be included in climate decisions: trade unions 2025-11-10 [Textile Today]

Chattogram Port workers stage mass hunger strike to protest NCT, Laldiya Char lease plan 2025-11-01 [The Business Standard]

Dock workers strike escalates at Bangladesh’s Chattogram port 2025-11-01 [The Daily Times]

The hidden workforce: Inside Dhaka’s domestic work economy 2025-11-01 [The Daily Star]

Bleeding in silence: Unheard struggles of Bangladesh's women tea workers 2025-10-31 [The Daily Star]

Workers Win Ratification of Three Crucial ILO Conventions in Bangladesh 2025-10-28 [PSI]

Labour law overhauled: 20 workers can now form trade union, workers can't be blacklisted 2025-10-27 [The Standard]

Le Bangladesh ratifie les conventions fondamentales de l'OIT sur l'égalité de genre après une longue campagne syndicale 2025-10-23 [IndustriALL]

Bangladesh ratifica los convenios fundamentales de la OIT sobre seguridad e igualdad de género tras una larga campaña sindical 2025-10-23 [IndustriALL]

Key ILO Conventions on safety and gender equality ratified following long union campaign 2025-10-23 [IndustriALL]

Un incendio en una fábrica de c de Bangladesh deja 16 personas fallecidas 2025-10-20 [IndustriALL]

L'incendie d'un atelier de confection fait 16 morts au Bangladesh 2025-10-20 [IndustriALL]

Fire in Bangladesh’s garment factory claims 16 lives 2025-10-20 [IndustriALL]

Protection of free trade union rights in labour law demanded 2025-10-15 [The New Age]

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