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Last week 1500 garment workers were made homeless when the Korail 'slum' in the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, was devastated by a fire. Their union, the National Garment Workers Federation, is raising money to provide for their immediate needs and to assist in rebuilding. (Photo: NGWF) Click here to see more union news from Bangladesh.Got a photo that should be here? Post it to our group on Flickr. To see an archive of all our recent photos, click here.
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1889 Belgium Law prohibiting night work for children under 16 and women under 21.
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