workers rights

Violence in Bangladesh’s RMG sector: Disposable lives, dispensable labour

Can we imagine and construct a political system that refuses to subordinate human dignity to the demands of global accumulation?

Interview / What's causing the unrest among factory workers?

Kalpona Akter, labour rights activist and president of Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation, talks to The Daily Star.

Making workplace safe for construction workers

Safety precautions in construction sites are frequently ignored in Bangladesh

Books exploring workers’ rights in South Asia

In order to understand the background of the labour movements in South Asia or the plight of workers, here are some books to add to your reading list.

5 books to read for International Workers’ Day

Concentrating on women workers from Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan, Women and Work in South Asia also tackles the advancement of individual corporate sectors due to the involvement of women workers.

How should we address our core labour market challenges?

We need a strategy to deal with youth unemployment and improve women's inclusion into the economy

Tea workers’ strike ends. What’s next?

Tea workers may not have had their demands fulfilled, but their united voice brings in a new era of workers' rights.

May Day / Working for a brighter future in Asia

With nearly two decades of strong economic growth, the world’s highest employment ratios and lowest unemployment rates, and massive technological innovation, some say “Asia is the future” or even “The future is Asia”.

How do we improve maternal health of garment workers?

The influx of millions of female workers to work at the garment factories has created unique health challenges, issues and needs that have mostly remained unstudied and unaddressed.

September 6, 2025
September 6, 2025

Violence in Bangladesh’s RMG sector: Disposable lives, dispensable labour

Can we imagine and construct a political system that refuses to subordinate human dignity to the demands of global accumulation?

November 3, 2024
November 3, 2024

What's causing the unrest among factory workers?

Kalpona Akter, labour rights activist and president of Bangladesh Garment and Industrial Workers Federation, talks to The Daily Star.

November 27, 2023
November 27, 2023

Making workplace safe for construction workers

Safety precautions in construction sites are frequently ignored in Bangladesh

May 2, 2023
May 2, 2023

Books exploring workers’ rights in South Asia

In order to understand the background of the labour movements in South Asia or the plight of workers, here are some books to add to your reading list.

May 1, 2023
May 1, 2023

5 books to read for International Workers’ Day

Concentrating on women workers from Bangladesh, Nepal, India and Pakistan, Women and Work in South Asia also tackles the advancement of individual corporate sectors due to the involvement of women workers.

November 5, 2022
November 5, 2022

How should we address our core labour market challenges?

We need a strategy to deal with youth unemployment and improve women's inclusion into the economy

September 3, 2022
September 3, 2022

Tea workers’ strike ends. What’s next?

Tea workers may not have had their demands fulfilled, but their united voice brings in a new era of workers' rights.

May 1, 2019
May 1, 2019

Working for a brighter future in Asia

With nearly two decades of strong economic growth, the world’s highest employment ratios and lowest unemployment rates, and massive technological innovation, some say “Asia is the future” or even “The future is Asia”.

March 19, 2019
March 19, 2019

How do we improve maternal health of garment workers?

The influx of millions of female workers to work at the garment factories has created unique health challenges, issues and needs that have mostly remained unstudied and unaddressed.

February 27, 2019
February 27, 2019

Are our workers' rights so cheap?

A joint publication brought out by Oxfam, Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) and Institute for Workers and Trade Unions in Vietnam paints a dismal picture of workers in Bangladeshi factories where Australian fashion brands source their apparels from.