File spoon-archives/aut-op-sy.archive/aut-op-sy_1997/aut-op-sy.9707, message 152


From: "Curtis Price" <cansv-AT-igc.apc.org>
Date:          Thu, 31 Jul 1997 09:58:09 +0000
Subject: AUT: (Fwd) Strike paralyzes Bangladesh; 100 injured in clashes


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Date:          Thu, 31 Jul 1997 03:16:56 -0700
From:          NewsHound <NewsHound-AT-hound.com>

Reply-to:      NewsHound-AT-hound.com
Subject:       Strike paralyzes Bangladesh; 100 injured in clashes



NewsHound article from "STRIKES" hound, score "80."



>>Strike<< paralyzes Bangladesh; 100 injured in clashes

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) -- >>Workers<< and police clashed during a
nationwide >>strike<< for higher pay in Bangladesh, injuring at least 100
people, police said today.

The injured included at least 10 people shot Wednesday by paramilitary
troops who were trying to stop more than 3,000 protesters from entering a
garment factory in Dhaka, the capital. Police said >>workers<< attacked
several mills and factories in and around Dhaka.

An alliance of 17 unions organized Wednesday's >>strike<<, demanding a
minimum wage of $68 per month, up from $23.

The alliance, which represents 5 million >>workers<<, also was protesting
the privatization of state owned mills and factories.

>>Striking<< >>workers<< put up barricades on major roads, cutting off
Dhaka, and the country's main port, Chittagong, from the rest of the
country.

Most mills, factories and ports did not function.



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