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DHAKA, Bangladesh — Some 300 garment workers from Ha-Meem Sportswear rallied and marched through a busy street in the commercial center of this city Oct. 28, demanding the reopening of the factory, which was closed in a move by the owner to break the union. “Workers of the world, stand as one!” they chanted. Workers told the Militant they had recently organized a union and affiliated to the National Garment Workers Federation. When company threats and harassment failed to intimidate the unionists, the big majority of whom are women, the owner closed the plant Oct. 13 and called in the police to drive the workers out. Leaders of several other union federations spoke at the rally in a show of solidarity.
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