RMG Minimum Wage

How garment manufacturers can cut costs

And while cost reduction is essential, it should not come at the expense of product quality.

There is no ‘development’ without a living wage

If we can feed the RMG industry with blood, sweat, and taxes year after year, surely we should be able to decide the bare minimum that it pays its workers?

Normalcy returning to garment sector

After more than two weeks of unrest in the garment sector over minimum wages, normalcy has started to be restored with almost all factories reopening and workers returning to their workplaces yesterday.

Demo for salary hike: 12 factories shut amid workers' protest in Gazipur

At least 12 garment factories of Gazipur were declared closed after workers resumed protests demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 23,000

44 BGB platoons deployed for security at RMG factories

Female worker was shot dead yesterday in clash with police following union leaders' rejection of new minimum wage

48 BGB platoons deployed for security of RMG factories

Forty-eight platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in Dhaka and nearby districts to ensure security at garment factories

Minimum wage in RMG sector: Workers reject Tk 12,500, warn of tough demos

The wage board for garment workers has set the minimum salary at Tk 12,500, a little over half of what workers demand.

‘Not Tk 12,500, minimum wage should be Tk 25,000’

RMG workers’ platforms rejected new wage structure

Tk 12,500 declared as minimum RMG wage

The announcement came from State Minister for Labour Monnujan Sufian

January 22, 2024
January 22, 2024

How garment manufacturers can cut costs

And while cost reduction is essential, it should not come at the expense of product quality.

November 18, 2023
November 18, 2023

There is no ‘development’ without a living wage

If we can feed the RMG industry with blood, sweat, and taxes year after year, surely we should be able to decide the bare minimum that it pays its workers?

November 15, 2023
November 15, 2023

Normalcy returning to garment sector

After more than two weeks of unrest in the garment sector over minimum wages, normalcy has started to be restored with almost all factories reopening and workers returning to their workplaces yesterday.

November 9, 2023
November 9, 2023

Demo for salary hike: 12 factories shut amid workers' protest in Gazipur

At least 12 garment factories of Gazipur were declared closed after workers resumed protests demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 23,000

November 9, 2023
November 9, 2023

44 BGB platoons deployed for security at RMG factories

Female worker was shot dead yesterday in clash with police following union leaders' rejection of new minimum wage

November 8, 2023
November 8, 2023

48 BGB platoons deployed for security of RMG factories

Forty-eight platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in Dhaka and nearby districts to ensure security at garment factories

November 8, 2023
November 8, 2023

Minimum wage in RMG sector: Workers reject Tk 12,500, warn of tough demos

The wage board for garment workers has set the minimum salary at Tk 12,500, a little over half of what workers demand.

November 7, 2023
November 7, 2023

‘Not Tk 12,500, minimum wage should be Tk 25,000’

RMG workers’ platforms rejected new wage structure

November 7, 2023
November 7, 2023

Tk 12,500 declared as minimum RMG wage

The announcement came from State Minister for Labour Monnujan Sufian

November 7, 2023
November 7, 2023

Garment factory owners revise minimum wage upwards to Tk 12,500

Garment factory owners have submitted a new proposal on the minimum wage for apparel workers in Bangladesh, revising it upwards to Tk 12,500, according to a source.