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The struggles to unionize workers in Bangladesh

By David Brancaccio

May 07, 2014

Nomita Nath, Bangladeshi labor organizer.

Labor unions in Bangladesh continue to struggle for expanded worker rights.

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What has changed one year after Rana Plaza

By Akbar Hossain

April 24, 2014

A poster tied to a fence at the scene of the Bangladesh Rana Plaza building collapse and reading, 'We want a safe work place, not a death trap' is hung above the rubble on the first anniversary of the disaster. Thousands of people, some wearing funeral shrouds, staged demonstrations at the site of the now-infamous factory complex. — Munir uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images

Improving factories has been slow for Bangladeshis and their international trading partners.

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$40 million fund for victims of Bangladesh garment tragedy

By Dan Weissmann

December 24, 2013

Mourners hold up portraits of their missing relatives, presumed dead following the April 24 Rana Plaza garment building collapse, at the scene during the one hundredth-day anniversary of the disaster in Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, on August 2, 2013. — MUNIR UZ ZAMAN/AFP/Getty Images

Families of victims of the fire, and survivors, could receive an average of $25,000 from a new compensation fund. How far does that go in Bangladesh?

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