BANGLADESH UNIONS DEMAND MAJOR CLOTHING SECTOR MINIMUM WAGE RISE
February 1st, 2018
BANGLADESH’S trade unions have pushed for what they call “rational” minimum wages for workers of the USD28 billion garment industry, demanding a major hike in rates.
In a crowded press conference on Sunday, at the headquarters of the Dhaka Reporters’ Unity media organisation, in the country’s capital, the IndustriALL Bangladesh Council (IBC) proposed hiking wages of an entry-level apparel worker to Bangladesh Taka BDT16,000 (USD192) a month from the current
BDT5,300 (USD64), set in 2013 after the Rana Plaza collapse.
The IBC also proposed raising the ...
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