Belfast Solidarity with GWTUC Garment Workers

The IWW in Ireland have initiated a series of solidarity pickets at Lidl and Walmart (ASDA UK/ Ireland) stores across the country and internationally with International Confederation of Labour (ICL-CIT) from Saturday 15th August to 15th September to raise awareness of the treatment of garment workers who create some of the clothing sold here.

The IWW has written to Lidl and ASDA to formally highlight that their supplier, Dragon Group, has illegally terminated the contracts of almost 6000 workers, mostly at their Dragon Sweater factory in Dhaka. Despite attempted negotiations and protests since the beginning of March the workers are left struggling to obtain their overdue wages as well as bonus and compensation payments. We have also been informed that the Dragon Group factory is simply relocating while citing economic slowdown and losses due to the Covid-19 as reason for closure.

We have asked both Lidl and ASDA to take…