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On the night of November 19, the eve of National Black Consciousness Day, two security guards at a Carrefour supermarket in the city of Porto Alegre, Brazil, beat Alberto Silveira Freitas, Nego Beto, a 40-year-old Black man, to...

As has been reported, in March 2020 the Dragon Sweater factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh closed down and laid off 6,000 workers, using the CoViD-19 pandemic as a pretext. The owners decided to terminate the workers from one day...

Our comrades from FGWM (Federation of Garment Workers Myanmar) and Solidarity Centre inform us that many textile companies in the country are using union-busting strategies since after the summer. With the excuse of Covid-19, many unions members have...

On October 12, representatives of the workers reached an agreement with Dragon Group's management. This puts an end to several months of union action against the company. As is widely known, thousands of workers were owed unpaid wages...

Since March 2020 thousands of textile workers of the factories Dragon Sweater and Imperial Sweater (both belonging to Dragon Group) have been fighting for wages and severance pay owed to them. Workers that used to produce for retailers...

Many actions took place across the globe as part of ICL’s month of action in solidarity with workers dismissed in Bangladesh by Dragon Group, between August 15th and September 15th. Despite the difficulties imposed by the current health...

On August 27th, the protesting Dragon Sweater garment workers held a meeting to decide on the next steps for their ongoing movement for the payment of their wages and benefits. Since the negotiations are not proceeding and the...

Photo by Artem Podrez from Pexels In full of admiration of the relentless resistance at the workplaces in Belarus, we appeal to you for far-reaching support of the labor movements in that country. For almost three decades, Belarus...

Approximately 6,000 workers used to earn a living in the Dragon Sweater factory located in the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka. In March 2020, the factory closed down using the CoViD-19 pandemic as a pretext. The owners decided to...

Since we published our message in solidarity with workers of Dragon Sweater Factory -Bangladesh fighting off dismissals and unpaid wages, our Asia working group has received a complaint letter from the company management. It is reproduced below, together...