While Bangladesh's garment industry tries to recover from the COVID-19 crisis buyers from Europe and America have started cancelling orders one by one. As a result, Bangladesh's largest export trade is under threat.

WION Fineprint: Bangladesh's garment workers continue to face COVID-19 hardships

Nearly 5,000 low-paid Bangladeshi garment workers stitching clothes for global brands have been sacked by factory bosses for joining strikes over wages this month that turned violent, police said Tuesday.

Nearly 5,000 garment workers sacked over Bangladesh strikes

Bangladesh's 4,500 textile and clothing factories exported more than $30 billion worth of apparel last year, making clothing for retailers such as H&M, Walmart, Tesco, Carrefour, and Aldi.

Bangladesh garment workers' strike: One dead, 50 injured

Bangladeshi police Tuesday fired rubber bullets and tear gas as thousands of striking workers in the South Asian country's huge garment industry staged protests for a third day demanding wage hikes.

Bangladesh police fire rubber bullets, tear gas at striking garment workers

While the fashion industry may want to address worker exploitation in their supply chains, it would open them up to tremendous legal liability. This needs to change

Opinion: Why the fashion industry fails to fix labour exploitation

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