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#12667726

23 Aug 2025

Workers of Posh Garments block a road demanding payment of due wages and the reopening of the factory after its sudden closure without prior notice, in Tejgaon area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 23, 2025. The factory employs around 1,200 garment workers. The garment industry, a crucial driver of Bangladesh's export economy, grapples with a series of challenges that lead to a significant downturn. In the past year, at least 76 garment factories shut their doors, pushing over 50,000 workers, predominantly women, out of jobs. Industry experts warn that the situation may worsen, with more closures on the horizon.

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23 Aug 2025

Workers of Posh Garments block a road demanding payment of due wages and the reopening of the factory after its sudden closure without prior notice, in Tejgaon area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 23, 2025. The factory employs around 1,200 garment workers. The garment industry, a crucial driver of Bangladesh's export economy, grapples with a series of challenges that lead to a significant downturn. In the past year, at least 76 garment factories shut their doors, pushing over 50,000 workers, predominantly women, out of jobs. Industry experts warn that the situation may worsen, with more closures on the horizon.

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#12667730

23 Aug 2025

Workers of Posh Garments block a road demanding payment of due wages and the reopening of the factory after its sudden closure without prior notice, in Tejgaon area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 23, 2025. The factory employs around 1,200 garment workers. The garment industry, a crucial driver of Bangladesh's export economy, grapples with a series of challenges that lead to a significant downturn. In the past year, at least 76 garment factories shut their doors, pushing over 50,000 workers, predominantly women, out of jobs. Industry experts warn that the situation may worsen, with more closures on the horizon.

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#12667731

23 Aug 2025

Workers of Posh Garments block a road demanding payment of due wages and the reopening of the factory after its sudden closure without prior notice, in Tejgaon area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 23, 2025. The factory employs around 1,200 garment workers. The garment industry, a crucial driver of Bangladesh's export economy, grapples with a series of challenges that lead to a significant downturn. In the past year, at least 76 garment factories shut their doors, pushing over 50,000 workers, predominantly women, out of jobs. Industry experts warn that the situation may worsen, with more closures on the horizon.

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#12667734

23 Aug 2025

Workers of Posh Garments block a road demanding payment of due wages and the reopening of the factory after its sudden closure without prior notice, in Tejgaon area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 23, 2025. The factory employs around 1,200 garment workers. The garment industry, a crucial driver of Bangladesh's export economy, grapples with a series of challenges that lead to a significant downturn. In the past year, at least 76 garment factories shut their doors, pushing over 50,000 workers, predominantly women, out of jobs. Industry experts warn that the situation may worsen, with more closures on the horizon.

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#12667737

23 Aug 2025

Workers of Posh Garments block a road demanding payment of due wages and the reopening of the factory after its sudden closure without prior notice, in Tejgaon area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 23, 2025. The factory employs around 1,200 garment workers. The garment industry, a crucial driver of Bangladesh's export economy, grapples with a series of challenges that lead to a significant downturn. In the past year, at least 76 garment factories shut their doors, pushing over 50,000 workers, predominantly women, out of jobs. Industry experts warn that the situation may worsen, with more closures on the horizon.

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#12667741

23 Aug 2025

Workers of Posh Garments block a road demanding payment of due wages and the reopening of the factory after its sudden closure without prior notice, in Tejgaon area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 23, 2025. The factory employs around 1,200 garment workers. The garment industry, a crucial driver of Bangladesh's export economy, grapples with a series of challenges that lead to a significant downturn. In the past year, at least 76 garment factories shut their doors, pushing over 50,000 workers, predominantly women, out of jobs. Industry experts warn that the situation may worsen, with more closures on the horizon.

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#12667744

23 Aug 2025

Workers of Posh Garments block a road demanding payment of due wages and the reopening of the factory after its sudden closure without prior notice, in Tejgaon area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 23, 2025. The factory employs around 1,200 garment workers. The garment industry, a crucial driver of Bangladesh's export economy, grapples with a series of challenges that lead to a significant downturn. In the past year, at least 76 garment factories shut their doors, pushing over 50,000 workers, predominantly women, out of jobs. Industry experts warn that the situation may worsen, with more closures on the horizon.

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#12667746

23 Aug 2025

Workers of Posh Garments block a road demanding payment of due wages and the reopening of the factory after its sudden closure without prior notice, in Tejgaon area of Dhaka, Bangladesh, on August 23, 2025. The factory employs around 1,200 garment workers. The garment industry, a crucial driver of Bangladesh's export economy, grapples with a series of challenges that lead to a significant downturn. In the past year, at least 76 garment factories shut their doors, pushing over 50,000 workers, predominantly women, out of jobs. Industry experts warn that the situation may worsen, with more closures on the horizon.

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#12580639

24 Jul 2025

The Mercedes-Benz star is mounted on the rooftop of an office tower in Berlin, Germany, on July 20, 2025.

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#12580640

24 Jul 2025

The Mercedes-Benz star is mounted on the rooftop of an office tower in Berlin, Germany, on July 20, 2025.

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#12580641

24 Jul 2025

The Mercedes-Benz star is mounted on the rooftop of an office tower in Berlin, Germany, on July 20, 2025.

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#12483731

17 Jun 2025

Two boys look out the window of a regional passenger train at a car transporter loaded with newly produced cars in Munich, Bavaria, Germany, on June 17, 2025. The freight train, operated by MISPED AML, carries the cars as part of the German automobile industry's rail logistics network.

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#13339263

18 Feb 2026

A view of the FATE tyre factory hours before its closure on February 18, 2026.

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#13339244

18 Feb 2026

Workers at the FATE tyre factory protest in front of the closed entrance gate after learning of their dismissal and the closure of the plant in San Fernando, Argentina, on February 18, 2026.

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#13339241

18 Feb 2026

A sign behind the closed gate to the FATE tyre plant explains that the company ceases production in San Fernando, Argentina, on February 18, 2026.

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