RMG workers Minimum Wage

Tk 12,500 finalised as minimum RMG wage

The salary structure will now have four grades in place of five

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.

MINIMUM WAGE / BGMEA's claim refuted by unions, economist

The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has said the take-home salary of a worker will be higher than the new minimum wage if other allowances are considered, a claim that was refuted by two union leaders and an economist.

Govt publishes gazette on new RMG wage

The government today published the gazette on the recently declared minimum wage for garment workers, setting the monthly pay at Tk 12,500 and reducing the number of grades to five from seven.

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

Demo for RMG wage hike: Worker shot dead in fresh unrest

A garment worker was shot dead and 30 people were injured in Gazipur as law enforcers opened fire on workers protesting for a minimum monthly wage of Tk 23,000, a day after it was fixed at Tk 12,500.

Female garment worker killed in clash with police in Gazipur

A female garment worker was killed in a clash between police and workers demonstrating for a minimum wage of Tk 23,000 in Gazipur's Konabari area today

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 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. 

November 7, 2023
November 7, 2023

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.

November 7, 2023
November 7, 2023

RMG minimum wage to be announced today

For more than 11 days, RMG workers have been protesting demanding Tk 23,000 as minimum wage

November 4, 2023
November 4, 2023

2 policemen injured as RMG workers and cops clash in Gazipur

Two police officials were injured during a clash between garment workers and police in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila today

November 4, 2023
November 4, 2023

3 suffer shotgun pellet wounds as RMG workers clash with cops in Ashulia

Police fire rubber bullets, pellets and tear gas shells

October 31, 2023
October 31, 2023

RMG workers’ demo: Police use tear gas shells, water cannons to disperse protesters

Police fired tear gas shells and used water cannons in Ashulia this morning to disperse garment workers after they blocked roads demanding an increase in wages

October 2, 2023
October 2, 2023

Board yet to propose minimum RMG wage

A board formed for recommending the minimum wage for garment workers could not come up with any proposal on the monthly rates even at its third meeting held in Dhaka yesterday. 

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