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The contribution of the Center of Excellence for Bangladesh Apparel Industry (CEBAI) towards enhancing skills in the ready-made garment (RMG) sector was recognized at Brand Forum Meeting - 2017 held in Hotel Amari Dhaka on Thursday.

The wages board for reviewing wages of country’s readymade garment workers is likely to be formed by this month as the labour ministry asked directorate of labour to finalise the names of the representatives of factory owners and workers for the board.

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Under pressure from the international community and rights groups, the government has finally agreed to ease the requirements for forming trade unions at factories in the next amendment of the labour law. At present, signatures of at least 30 percent of the workers in the factory are needed to form a trade union -- an uphill task for union leaders. Furthermore, many workers do not want to participate in the election process of trade unions out of fear of getting sacked.

The Remediation Coordination Cell (RCC), formed to monitor workplace safety in the garment sector, should be independent and credible so that it can take sound decisions to avert further industrial accidents. “If there is a good system in place and if the retailers and brands continue sourcing from Bangladesh, it is expected that there will not be any disaster in the garment sector,” said Jim Moriarty, executive director of the Alliance, the factory inspection platform of 28 North American retailers.

Fraudulence involving buying houses has continued to surface with some British and local ones being accused of cheating five Bangladeshi garment factories of $3 million. The accused closed their Dhaka offices and have been absconding for the past one year, one of the victims told The Daily Star yesterday.

A move has been initiated to review wages of readymade garment workers against the backdrop of workers’ movement for pay hike and demands from national and international labour rights groups. Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association has requested the government to form a minimum wage board in this regard as the apparel factory owners have expressed their willingness to raise the workers’ wages.

Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) leaders have opposed the time extension of the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety by three more years. They said that they believe factory remediation work will be completed within the current ...

Published in the New Age on 4, June 2017 The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association on Sunday said that the proposed budget was not RMG sector friendly, reiterating its demand for revoking tax at source for the sector for ...

Published in the New Age on 3, June 2017 Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association president Siddiqur Rahman on Friday said that they would initiate a move to provide food support to the apparel factory workers. Siddiqur made the promise ...