Over 80% of export earnings are come from ready-made garments sector in Bangladesh. Basically, this sector is the key base of foreign earnings and as well as for employment generation to the economic development of a nation as a whole. About more than 5 million workers are involved in this...

The literature on Eastern Europe usually points to the desperate economic situation and hostile employers as explanations for post-communist union weakness. This paper examines an alternative explanation based on mobilization theory. It argues that a major reason for labour quiescence is the...