Letters to the Editor
$ 15 billion FC reserves
While rejoicing over the $15 billion FC reserves, the powers that be give most credit to exporters, especially garments. This is not all true, because the recent front page story in The Daily Star and other newspapers said that the owners of garment factories say that they hardly make any profit as all the cream is skimmed off by the buyers. This leaves little or nothing for the garment owners after paying less than minimum wages to the millions of workers, mostly women!
The real heroes of the $15 billion mark are not the garment factory owners, but the millions who work abroad in the harshest of environments and live in conditions that beggar the imagination. What can these heroes expect when they come home—discriminatory treatment at the airport and mugging en-route to their homes?
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