DHAKA, Nov 16 — Unions representing Bangladeshi garment manufacturers threatened on
Saturday to walk away from wage negotiations and shut factories indefinitely if protesters kept vandalising them during demonstrations for higher pay.
Bangladesh is the world’s second-largest garment exporter after China, producing clothes for major international brands like Fruit of the Loom, Levi Strauss and VF Corp, whose labels include Vans, Timberland and The North Face.
Worker unrest over wages began in October and has occasionally turned violent, with demonstrators torching police vehicles and damaging property during clashes this month.
