Bangladesh After the July 2024 Uprising: The State of the Labour Movement and Worker Repression
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https://doi.org/10.15173/glj.v17i1.7067Abstract
Recently, Bangladesh drew global attention following an unprecedented student-led uprising during July–August 2024, which culminated in the collapse of the long-standing government led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina of the Bangladesh Awami League (AL) in August 2024 (The Daily Star, 2024). The Anti-Discrimination Movement initially emerged in 2018, when university students mobilized to abolish the “job quota” system in government employment. Since 1972, 30% of job quotas have been reserved for the “freedom fighters1 ”. In 1997, benefits were expanded to the children of “freedom fighters”, and in 2011, their grandchildren were added (Zahid, 2024). The students' movement called for the abolition of the quota system, as they found it ineffective and discriminatory. In 2024, the movement was reactivated...
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