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Bangladesh to form wage board after garment protests shut factories
Bangladesh will set up a wage board Sunday to review garment pay after protests shut factories, Arab News reported, carrying Reuters from Dhaka.
Based on reporting by Arab News
Wire reporting: (Reuters, via Arab News)
Bangladesh will set up a wage board on Sunday to review garment workers' pay after protests shut dozens of factories and triggered clashes with police, Arab News reported, carrying a Reuters dispatch dated Nov. 1 from Dhaka1.
Workers are demanding a minimum monthly wage of 30,000 taka ($245), more than double the current 12,500 taka, citing higher costs of food, housing, transport and health care, according to that account1.
Labour and Employment Minister Ariful Haque Chowdhury said the government would formally constitute the wage board after discussions with labor leaders and industry representatives, and he urged workers to return to work, Arab News reported1.
The dispatch said the industry employs about 4 million people, generates more than 80 percent of export earnings and about 10 percent of GDP, and is the world's largest after China's; manufacturers cited rising production costs and energy shortages1.
