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Bangladesh: selected labour rights stories from New Age in May 2011

10 May 2011

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Over 13,000 cases pending in labour courts

’Modern-day slavery’ continues under temporary contracts

Inspection of Factories mired in extreme manpower shortage

Workers fall victim to lofty yet unmet promises

... in the hellish conditions of re-rolling mills

Nights in the city on open pavements

Minimum wages of millions below MDG poverty line