minimum wages
What Abandoned Two-Year-Old Criminal Charges Mean for Bangladesh’s Garment Workers
The so-called First Information Reports, filed during the 2023 minimum wage protests, threatened 48,000…
Cambodia’s New Minimum Wage Will ‘Increase Pressure’ on Garment Workers
The barely 1 percent increment won't even cover inflation, which is expected to rise to 2.5 percent in 2025…
Cambodia’s Garment Workers Seek Minimum Wage That Reflects ‘Undeniable Realities’
The call for a monthly floor salary of at least $232 isn't "merely a request," but rather an "urgent…
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Bestseller Wants Higher Wages for Myanmar’s Garment Workers. Activists Call Foul.
While a higher floor wage is essential to promoting fair working conditions in the Southeast Asian nation…
Turkey Ups Minimum Wage by 30%
The increase falls short of the 74 percent requested by the workers' union, however.
The State of Garment Workers in 2024: ‘Fraught’
As one expert put it, "democracy is sliding, it's still difficult to join a union and nobody's earning a…
Some Red States Vote to Up Minimum Wages; Blue States Fail Increased Wage Proposals
Alaska and Missouri voted to increase their state minimum wages; Massachusetts, California and Arizona failed…
NOLA Passes Workers’ Bill of Rights—But What Does That Mean?
New Orleans residents overwhelmingly passed an amendment to the city's Bill of Rights focused on workers, but…
After Rana Plaza, Bangladesh’s Garment Workers Still Live in ‘Climate of Fear’
After last year's wage protests, the risk of arrest continues to loom over thousands of workers through…
Sri Lanka Minimum Wage Rise Met With Concern, Skepticism
Most garment workers are already paid a salary slightly above the new minimum wage.
For Bangladesh’s Garment Sector, the ‘Spotlight Moves’ But Struggles Continue
For the country's suppliers and workers, the fallout over the increased minimum wage is far from over.
Bangladeshi Cotton Textile Workers Set for Wage Increase
The Bangladesh Textile Mills Association, hearing reports of protests at its member factories, has called for…
Bangladesh Garment Makers Praise VAT Relief at Ports
Authorities have waived a 15 percent value-added tax that has increased operational costs for manufacturers…
Bangladesh Unions Say Garment Workers Are Being Fired for Protesting
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association denies these claims, however.
Turkey Raises Minimum Wage, But Is It Enough?
The 49 percent hike comes amid runaway inflation that has caused a cost-of-living crisis.