Explained: Why Garment Workers in Bangladesh are on Strike? Nearly 4.0 million workers, mostly women, toil in 3,500 garment factories supplying nearly 60% of global trendy garments. However, the working conditions of the workers are dire, work day stretching ten hours, with a meagre monthly pay of Taka 8,300 or $75. The cotton is produced locally and the labour wages are low, but the top global garment fashion brands earn tens of billions of dollars. Public in the West should come in support of garment workers sourced to top fashion brands.