Joly Talukder is the current general secretary of the Bangladesh Garment Workers Trade Union Centre (GWTUC).
When police dispersed the protest on August 7 using tear gas and rubber bullets, they detained Talukder together with Mushrefa Mishu, leader of the Garment Workers Unity Forum.
[3] In April 2018, Talukder and five other GWTUC leaders were arrested based on charges of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
[5] The arrests provoked outrage in Bangladesh and abroad, with the Clean Clothes Campaign and German union ver.di calling for the prisoners' release.
[8] Later that year, Talukder stood as a candidate for the 2018 Bangladeshi general election in Netrokona-4 for the Communist Party of Bangladesh.