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In September 2018, GWTUC organised demonstrations rejecting an increase of the minimum wage for garment workers as "inhumane" and demanding the double of the planned amount. [19] [20] Following the protests, more than 5.000 GWTUC workers were laid off from more than 25 factories. [21]
For comparison, that would still be less than the weekly wage Americans receive making the federal minimum of $7.25 an hour before taxes. Many labor groups in the US call that a poverty wage.
The 4 million Bangladesh garment workers earn monthly wages starting at 8,300 taka ($75 US). The garment union has called for a raise to 23,000 taka ($209 US) monthly wage. [ 1 ] The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), which represents the garment industry, offered to increase the monthly minimum wage to 12,500 ...
The Minimum Wage Board (Bengali: নিম্নতম মজুরী বোর্ড) is a Bangladesh government regulatory agency under the Ministry of Labour and Employment responsible for recommending changes to the minimum wage, which varies by industry, to the government.
Authorities in Bangladesh announced a new salary structure on Tuesday for protesting garment factory workers with a 56% increase in the monthly minimum wage to $113 from the previous $75, a ...
NGWF together with other unions, organised the campaign that led to an increase of the minimum wage for garment workers to 3,000 taka (~€29,6/$35,49) in 2010. [9] The union at that time said this was still far from sufficient and continued to demand a living wage. [10]
Bangladesh has been gripped by violent protests for two weeks, as thousands of garment workers take to the streets to demand better wages for the country’s 4 million garment workers.
Garment workers' minimum wage was set at roughly $37 a month in 2012 but since 2010 Bangladesh's double-digit inflation with no corresponding rise in minimum wage and labor rights, has led to protests. [29] Following labour disputes in 2013, the minimum wage was raised to the equivalent of $68 a month.