Wildcat Strike Waves by Bangladesh Garment Workers
What’s interesting and encouraging in Bangladesh is that the new wave of strikes, as in China, are wildcat strikes held in the absence of any strong unions. This has the advantage of being unpredictable but the liability of lack of long-term planning. The working conditions described in this article in the garment industry in Bangladesh resemble British factories in the first half of the 19th century.
Photo by Popular Resistance
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Barbara
Barbara MacLean has worked as an academic and career counselor at California State University, East Bay (CSUEB), Merritt and West Valley Colleges and as a career counselor and manager of the Oakland One Stop Career Center, a public career and jobs center in partnership with EDD. She is a co-founder and editor of Planning Beyond Capitalism.