SRI LANKA CLOTHING WORKERS EARN ABOVE GOVERNMENT MINIMUM WAGE – BUT UNIONS SAY PAY TOO LOW
May 4th, 2024
Sri Lanka’s clothing sector pay scale may already be above the recently increased national living wage floor, but it has not kept up with the high inflation in the country, argued a spokesperson for the Clean Clothes Campaign, the international alliance of labour unions and NGOs.
The industry’s pay scale in general still has “failed to cover a worker family’s needs due to high inflation,” the spokesperson told Just Style.
In March (2024), the Sri Lankan government increased the national living wage by 40%, from LKR12,500 (USD42) to LKR17,500 (USD59) ...
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