Owners have agreed with workers’ representatives to implement the new wage for ready-made garment workers in December, representatives of both sides said after a meeting.
The meeting was held at around 11am on Wednesday at the office of the Minimum Wage Board in Segunbagicha in the capital.
After the meeting, Babul Akhter, the workers’ representative on the wage board, told reporters the new wage will be implemented in December. The owners’ representative agreed that workers will receive the new wage in hand from January, he said.
Babul Akhter said ABM Shamsuddin, the garment factory owners’ representative, had agreed. The labour leader also urged workers to return to work at their factories.
On Sunday (November 1), the Ministry of Labour and Employment announced a six-member wage board to set new pay for garment workers.
The neutral member of the board is Professor Dr Mosleh Uddin Ahmed of the Department of Public Administration at Dhaka University. The employers’ representative is Asif Ayub, joint secretary general of the Bangladesh Employers’ Federation, and the representative of owners in the industry is BGMEA director ABM Shamsuddin.
The workers’ representative is Anwar Hossain, president of the Bangladesh Jatiyatabadi Sramik Dal, and the representative of workers employed in the industry is Babul Akhter, general secretary of the Bangladesh Garments and Industrial Workers Federation.
The government decided to form the new wage board amid continuing protests by garment workers demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000.
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