The new global union, Workers Uniting, made up of Unite, Britain's biggest union, and the United Steelworkers, North America’s largest private sector union, together with the German union, Verdi; has signed an unprecedented Joint International Solidarity Statement, in support of exploited workers in Bangladesh.

The statement is in support of the poorest and most exploited workers in the world in Bangladesh, where more than 650 mostly young women workers sew clothing at the R L Denim factory for Metro Group and their Macro Cash & Carry stores.

This declaration sends a clear message that the unions representing some 5.5 million workers are not only dedicated to protecting and growing the rights of their own members, but will also fight to protect the rights of workers across the developing world ... more