Bangladesh Garment workers, police clash. 1 dead (the Arizona Republic)

CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AP) - Garment requiring the implementation of a new minimum wage workers faced with industrial southeastern Bangladesh Sunday, zone allowing up to three people dead and injured 100 police, police and new reports accountable said.Police Reza Al Hasan said authorities opened fire and used teargas after thousands of workers attacked factories and smashed vehicles in the Chittagong Hill Tracts export processing zone. The area is home to approximately 70 foreign companies mainly manufacture clothing, footwear and bicycles and employ approximately 150,000 said workers.Hasan worker dies but would not say how. News Agency United News of Bangladesh said three people have been killed by a bullet, but the police would not confirm figure.Chittagong, 135 miles (215 km) southeast of Dhaka, a main port of the country and many companies are and foreign have their senior there.Kusum Dewan, another official police offices said security officials first used in an attempt to disperse workers in stone-throwing sticks, but has failed to control. He said 25 police were among injured.Dewan said at least 25 persons were said arrested.Officials confrontation involved Sunday, Korea YoungOne, Southern Company, suspended operations at its factories 13 garment finish Saturday after workers attacked the facilities.They, workers were requiring implementation of a new structure announced by the Government in July.Kihak Sung salary, President of YoungOne, said foreign workers, not attacked the said factories.He there is no problem with the workers as regards pay, and that his company usually paid more than the other companies.He demanded the Government secure factories.In the first increase since 2006, the Government raised official Taka 3,000 ($45) minimum wage a month trail Taka ($25). The new remuneration structure took effect in November, but that many factories have not implemented it yet.Garment workers in Bangladesh are among the most low-paid in the world, according to the International Trade Union Confederation of workers, labour rights group.Smaller Viennese events took place autour Dhaka requiring new salary structure. Sunday, workers in the capital blocked a busy road and burned two vehicles, police said.Labor Minister Khandaker Mosharraf Hossain sought to put an end to the violence and hold talks instead.Violent protests by workers in the garment workers are common in Bangladesh. The country has approximately 4,000 garment factories are exporting more than 10 billion dollars worth products per year, primarily to customers in the United States and Europe.Their include Wal-Mart, Tesco, H & M, Zara, Carrefour, GAP, Metro, JCPenney, Kohl, Levi Strauss, marks & Spencer and Tommy Hilfiger.