For factory owners, it all adds up to stiff competition for workers and upward pressure on wages.

对工厂老板来说，这一切都意味着工人竞争激烈和工资压力上涨。

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For factory owners, it all adds up to stiff competition for workers—and upward pressure on wages.

对工厂老板来说，这一切构成了对工人的激烈争抢和工资上涨的压力。

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Across the country, factory owners are now grappling with a new challenge: Instead of having too many workers, they may end up with too few.

在全国范围内，工厂老板们现在正着力应对一个新的挑战：他们最终可能面临的不是工人过剩，而是工人短缺问题。

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Factory owners began to replace higher-paid American and British workers with the new immigrants.

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Factory owners found that these eastern and southern Europeans were hard workers.

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Factory owners offered high pay to workers who had these skills.

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However, workers were later allowed back in or told to return by the factory owners.

BBC: Bangladesh factory collapse probe uncovers abuses

On Monday, the government agreed to allow garment workers to form trade unions without permission from factory owners.

BBC: Bangladesh textile factories shut amid unrest

The government ordered factory owners to continue paying workers in factories that were closed.

WSJ: Bangladesh Closes Three Factories of Top Exporter