Following its first meeting yesterday, the new minimum wage board said garment workers would begin receiving wages under the revised pay structure in January, as protests demanding higher wages entered their fifth consecutive day.
Garment workers in Bangladesh have protested over pay, with factory closures and clashes with police reported during the protests. Just Style reported factory closures, while The Hindu said a new pay scale had been approved to take effect in December. Winnipeg Sun reported that most workers returned to work, but Prokerala later reported renewed protests in Ashulia. IndiaTimes said workers were still struggling with living costs and that the government had not announced the increase protesters sought.
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