Bangladesh : Garment workers deserve minimum salary of Tk1662
December 13, 2014
Fibre2fashion.com, India
Garment Sramik Okiay Parishad is an alliance of eight garment labour organizations. Parishad leaders have blamed owners of apparel units for not following minimum salary norms declared by Wage Board on October 22, 2014 via gazette notification.
In order to get their demands accepted quickly, they formed a human chain in front of High Court with central leader Towhidur Rahman being the chairperson.
They stressed on immediate implementation of norms which comprise paying minimum salary of Tk1662 to workers in the first week of every month, Tk2550 for senior operators, providing appointment letter and ID card, weekly holidays and other demands under the new labour law.
They regretted that labourers were deprived of their rights in many factories.
