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Trade unions to protect workers’ right, not for creating anarchy: Minister

Trade union is not meant to carry out subversive activities instead it is to protect the rights of workers, Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan says.

Editorial / ITUC report on workers' condition

We would hope that the government would not approach the issue in the usual cavalier manner and dismiss the report offhand. The matter demands to be addressed seriously.

Pave way for unionisation in garments: HRW

Bangladesh government should urgently remove legal and practical obstacles to unionization in garment industries, Human Rights Watch says.

Not a worker to be hired by KL

Following a series of controversies, Malaysian deputy prime minister yesterday said the initial plan to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshi

Trade union in EPZs gets nod

The cabinet yesterday finally gave the nod to the draft Bangladesh EPZ Labour Law 2016, with provisions for forming legal trade unions in factories inside of the Export Processing Zones (EPZ).

EPZs may get trade unions; draft law approved

Cabinet gives final approval to the draft of the ‘The Bangladesh EPZ Labour Law, 2016’ keeping a provision for constituting labour organisations in the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) as well as forming a permanent wage board for their workers.

Life at death yard

Frequent accidents have been claming lives or seriously injuring many workers in Chittagong shipbreaking yards over the years, largely

May 13, 2018
May 13, 2018

Trade unions to protect workers’ right, not for creating anarchy: Minister

Trade union is not meant to carry out subversive activities instead it is to protect the rights of workers, Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan says.

June 24, 2017
June 24, 2017

ITUC report on workers' condition

We would hope that the government would not approach the issue in the usual cavalier manner and dismiss the report offhand. The matter demands to be addressed seriously.

April 21, 2016
April 21, 2016

Pave way for unionisation in garments: HRW

Bangladesh government should urgently remove legal and practical obstacles to unionization in garment industries, Human Rights Watch says.

March 13, 2016
March 13, 2016

Not a worker to be hired by KL

Following a series of controversies, Malaysian deputy prime minister yesterday said the initial plan to bring in 1.5 million Bangladeshi

February 16, 2016
February 16, 2016

Trade union in EPZs gets nod

The cabinet yesterday finally gave the nod to the draft Bangladesh EPZ Labour Law 2016, with provisions for forming legal trade unions in factories inside of the Export Processing Zones (EPZ).

February 15, 2016
February 15, 2016

EPZs may get trade unions; draft law approved

Cabinet gives final approval to the draft of the ‘The Bangladesh EPZ Labour Law, 2016’ keeping a provision for constituting labour organisations in the Export Processing Zones (EPZs) as well as forming a permanent wage board for their workers.

January 16, 2016
January 16, 2016

Life at death yard

Frequent accidents have been claming lives or seriously injuring many workers in Chittagong shipbreaking yards over the years, largely