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
Wage board sits to fix minimum salary for RMG workers
The meeting of the wage board began at its office in Dhaka today to finalise the minimum salary for garment workers in Bangladesh.
RMG minimum wage to be announced today
For more than 11 days, RMG workers have been protesting demanding Tk 23,000 as minimum wage
RMG factory owners to raise proposed minimum wage
However, they didn’t say how much the amount will be raised
IndustriALL suspects political parties taking benefit of RMG unrest
The Bangladesh chapter of IndustriALL says in a press briefing
Fashion needs to support suppliers for green transition
If it’s left to garment suppliers, the green transition will take decades.
RMG minimum wage not finalised yet: state minister
Garment workers urged not to resort to violence over rumour
Another refusal to give workers their due
In the past week, a few interesting things happened. For one, a report by a New York-based research firm was published, which found that Bangladesh topped the list of countries with the quickest growth of ultra-wealthy individuals.
