The case for, and against sanctions dhakacourier.com.bd - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dhakacourier.com.bd Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
RMG manufacturers: US sanctions announcement is a political move dhakatribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dhakatribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The government and business leaders have played down the significance of the diplomatic note from the Bangladesh embassy in Washington DC to the commerce ministry about possible measures like trade penalties and visa restrictions over labour issues.
RMG Wage Board gets 200 objections on new pay dhakatribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from dhakatribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
RMG workers demand increase, owners for cut newagebd.net - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from newagebd.net Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bangladesh: Union leaders say cases have been filed against 23,000 garment workers in connection with recent minimum wage protests business-humanrights.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from business-humanrights.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
On November 16, US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken, at the rollout of the Presidential Memorandum on "Advancing Worker Empowerment, Rights, and High Labor Standards Globally,” stated that the United States would work to hold accountable those who threaten, intimidate and attack union leaders, labour rights defenders and labour organisations.
Business leaders and apparel exporters are worried over a recent US statement on Bangladesh’s labour rights situation while union leaders and trade analysts suggested bringing improvements to avert trade sanctions.
Around 23,000 garment workers have been sued in various cases filed in connection with the recent unrest over the fixation of their minimum wage, union leaders claimed today.
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has said the take-home salary of a worker will be higher than the new minimum wage if other allowances are considered, a claim that was refuted by two union leaders and an economist.