Labor Leaders in Bangladesh Arrested! ACT NOW!

Thank you to everyone who donated during August 12 - 18, 2010. Together we acheived our goal of $2,500 to post bail for Kalpona Akter and Babul Akhter! We are currently doing our utmost to secure the release of these leaders of the Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity.

Please continue to support our efforts by participating in these online actions:

1) Demand that Walmart, Sears, JC Penney and others stop backing the government crackdown on workers' rights in Bangladesh.
2) Call on the Bangladeshi government to release Kalpona and Babul immediately, to reinstate BCWS's NGO status, and to cease all harassment of BCWS.

Recent Headlines

term-2032 Bangladesh's rioting garment workers http://www.waronwant.org/ September 2, 2010
term-2028 Great advert for workers’ unity http://www.tribunemagazine.co.uk/ August 17, 2010
term-2028 Bangladesh Arrests 21 After Rallies New York Tiimes August 16, 2010
term-2028 Bangladeshi Women Garment Workers Strike for $72 per month Labor Notes August 12, 2010
term-2028 BANGLADESH: Labour groups urge end to worker repression Just-style.com August 6, 2010
term-2024 Former chocolate plant owners making news in Ivory Coast The Valley News July 24, 2010
term-2024 U.S. Blacklists Tajik Cotton Despite Child-Labor Ban Radio Free Europe July 22, 2010