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It has approximately 700 member agencies and works in collaboration with the Government of Bangladesh. Manpower export from Bangladesh was pioneered in 1976. Since then, International Recruiting or Placement Agents under BAIRA have recruited 5.5 million [2] (approximate, 2009) Bangladeshis for jobs abroad
In an interview, Amin said the prize was a recognition of Bangladesh's trade union and garment workers' movement and a show of respect for the dead of the 2005 and 2012 disasters. [ 13 ] In June 2016, the factory of Bangladeshi garment company Tejgaon Textile was closed down after a Bangladesh Accord inspection had identified major structural ...
The Bangladesh Independent Garment Workers Union Federation (BIGUF) (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ মুক্ত গার্মেন্ট শ্রমিক ইউনিয়ন ফেডারেশন, Bānlādēśa mukta gārmēnṭasa śramika i'uniẏana phēḍārēśana) is a trade union federation of garment workers in Bangladesh.
Communist Party of Bangladesh leader Sazedur Rahman Shameem was allegedly arrested when he attended court to request an extension of their bail. [15] The arrests provoked outrage in Bangladesh and abroad, with the Clean Clothes Campaign and German union ver.di calling for the prisoners' release. [16] [17] All seven were released on April 5 on ...
BGWUC has repeatedly called for the full and timely payment of due wages and bonuses to workers. For example, in January 2006, BGWUC organised demonstrations in front of the headquarters of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), demanding the payment of Eid-ul-Azha bonuses for garment workers. [3]
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 ...
As of 2011 Bangladesh was second largest ready-made garments (RMG) manufacturer after China, by the next five years Bangladesh will become the largest ready-made garments manufacturer. [37] Bangladesh was the sixth largest exporter of apparel in the world after China, the EU, Hong Kong, Turkey and India in 2006.
On 3 April 2011, Bangladesh High Court ordered the building to be demolished. The court in its verdict declared: The court in its verdict declared: The BGMEA Bhaban is like a cancer in the Hatirjheel project and if the building is not taken down immediately, it will infect not just Hatirjheel but the entire Dhaka City .