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Brands Face Pressure Over Bangladesh Labour Crackdown

Members of Congress have written to the American Apparel & Footwear Association calling for fashion companies to support higher wages after a wave of protests over pay was met with violence and arrests.
Garment workers stage a demonstration in front of the Department of Labour building in Dhaka, Bangladesh demanding due payment in November.
Garment workers stage a demonstration in front of the Department of Labour building in Dhaka, Bangladesh demanding due payment in November. (Mamunur Rashid/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

A little over a month ago Bangladeshi union leader Babul Hossain was arrested, picked up for charges of vandalism and assault levelled in a police complaint that included more than 1,000 unnamed individuals.

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