Reconsider Tk 5000 as minimum wage
Political, labour leaders urge govt
Leaders of different political and worker organisations yesterday rejected the government decision of fixing the minimum wage of garments workers at Tk 3,000 and demanded reconsidering it to Tk 5,000.
They also demanded withdrawal of all cases filed against the worker leaders and to stop harassing them.
In a statement, Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) President Manjurul Ahsan Khan and General Secretary Mujahidul Islam Selim said the government and the owners had finalised the new wage board without discussing the matter with the workers.
They urged the government and garment factory owners to meet with the workers for immediate resolution of the problem.
Leaders of the Garment Sramik Trade Union Kendra, Garment Sramik Sangram Parishad, Garment Sramik Oikya Forum and Bangladesh Sangjukto Garment Sramik Federation, Samajtantrik Mahila Forum, Gonotrantik Bam Morcha, Jatiya Gono Front, Textile Garment Workers Federation, Garments Sramik O Shilpo Rakkha Samannaya Committee, Bangaldesh Chhatra Union and Revolutionary Workers Party of Bangladesh placed the same demands and condemned police attack on the workers.
Meanwhile, leaders of the Bangladesh National Council of Textile Garments and Leather Workers at a press conference greeted the Prime Minister for announcing the new wage board.
They also urged all the workers to refrain from engaging in violence but rather sit with garment factory owners and the government to resolve the problem in a constructive way.
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