She is the current president of the Garment Workers Unity Forum and general secretary of Bangladesh's Democratic Revolutionary Party.
[2] In 2010, Gazipur police arrested Mishu together with three other persons while on their way to a rally of the Garment Workers Unity Forum.
When police dispersed the protest on August 7 using tear gas and rubber bullets, they detained Mishu together with Joly Talukder, leader of the Bangladesh Garment Workers Trade Union Centre.
[7] On December 14 of that year, police detained Mishu following a protest demanding an increase in minimum wage for garment workers.
[8][9] On July 13, 2015, police kept Mishu from leaving her Dhaka home to attend a protest against unpaid wages.