Victims still cry for justice
Twelve years after the Rana Plaza collapse, which killed at least 1,138 people, mostly apparel workers, and injured over 2,400 at Savar, justice remains elusive for the victims and their families...
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Payment of RMG workers鈥� wage, allowance before Eid demanded
Ganatantrik Odhikar Committee, a platform working for democratic rights and freedom of expression, on Monday demanded the payment of apparel workers鈥� due wages and bonus before Eid-ul-Fitr, one of the biggest religious festivals of the Muslims.
Govt needs to make roads pedestrian-friendly
THAT pedestrians continue to constitute the largest group of road accident victims warrants special attention and specific measures are needed to protect them. In February, at least 114 pedestrians died in road accidents. In a road accident on March 10, a pedestrian died and another was seriously injured when a covered van ran over them at Banani in Dhaka. Both of them...
Govt plans pension for apparel workers: Asif Mahmud
Labour and employment adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuiyan on Wednesday said that the government was planning to introduce a pension scheme for workers in the readymade garment sector...
National wage commission is a timely demand
SUCCESSIVE governments have been generally negligent in ensuring minimum wage and labour rights for workers in export-oriented industries. The apparel workers got some policy attention, and their minimum wage was increased from Tk 8,000 to Tk 12,100 in 2023, but the increase is extremely inadequate considering the unprecedented food inflation in the...
Genuine grievances of apparel workers should be heeded
THE labour unrest in the apparel sector that began on September 2, which continued on September 3, and forced a few dozen units to suspend operation, warrants early attention and a logical solution. The joint operation that the government initiated on September 3 appears a flawed approach and is unlikely to result in long-term stability. Apparel workers...