More labour unrest at garment sector feared
By Staff Reporter
Tue, 22 Aug 2014, 10:43:00
The New Nation, Bangladesh
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More unrest is in store for the garments sector, if the labourers do not accept the minimum wage for them said speakers at a roundtable in the city yesterday.
The tripartite accord among the government, labour representatives and the factory owners has not yet been implemented fully though the time for the same has already lapsed the speakers also said at the roundtable on: Progress of the Implementation of the Tripartite Agreement organised by Nari Uddug Kendro (NUK) at the BRAC Center Inn.
“We have taken some effective steps to fulfill the demands of the labourers. Many of the arrested workers had been released, no one was terminated and as demanded the trade union will work as per law”. Lutfor Rahman Matin the Vice President of BGMEA said while answering questions about the progress of the accord.
“The process of giving appointment letters and ID cards is on, but it will take some time and a wage board had been formed to fix a minimum wage for the workers”, he added.
Wajedul Islam Khan the convener of Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SKOP) said, “If the minimum wage is enough for a decent living of the labourers and they accept it then I have nothing to say, but if they do not something untoward would happen the responsibility of which would fall on the owners’ shoulder.”
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