In 2010, the organization led protests to push for a larger increase in the minimum wage for garment workers in the Bangladesh textile industry.
[4] Islam had recently been working to organize workers in factories belonging to the Shanta Group, which produces clothing for multiple American companies including Tommy Hilfiger, Nike, and Ralph Lauren.
[5] The 6 April 2012 issue of the Bangali-language newspaper Amar Desh carried photograph of a man whose identity was unknown at the time and whose dead body had been found by the Tangail police.
[citation needed] Islam's body was found on 5 April 2012 next to a road near Ghatail, Bangladesh, sixty-one miles north of Dhaka.
[citation needed] Islam's murder is still unsolved, but his case gained international attention from AFL–CIO and the US State Department.