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Bangladesh Clothing Workers' Wages: Not Only Too Low, But Also Inhumane.

2010/8/2 20:24:00 70

Bangladesh has approved the lowest clothing industry.

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The move is nearly doubled, aimed at ending workers' months of protests.

Bangladesh's clothing is supplied to retailers such as Marks and Spencer, H&M and WAL-MART (Walmart), Martha.

The salaries of nearly 2 million 500 thousand garment workers in the country are currently at the lowest level in the world, and their monthly minimum wage will increase from $23 to $43.

Over the past few months, the voice of manufacturing workers across Asia has asked for better working conditions.

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Chinese factories

When the LORD came in, he was annoyed by the unusual strikes. The workers protested for too long hours, and the wages were too low.

Just days before Bangladesh decided to raise the minimum wage, Sheikh Hasina Wajed, the prime minister, said in parliament that wages in the past were "not only too low but also inhumane" for Sheikh.

However, wages did not rise to what workers asked for $75.

The factory is not sure whether this is enough to end the labour dispute that interfered with production in recent months.

In the past 4 years, the price of food in Bangladesh has been rising and wages are still untouched. This situation has caused great harm.

Last month, in one of the busiest export processing zones in the country, workers clash with police and looted a number of factories, forcing the industrial area to be temporarily closed.

"I hope they do not feel dissatisfied."

Garment manufacturing in Bangladesh

And Abdus Salam Murshedy, President of Exporters Association.

"In the present situation, this increase is reasonable."

The total export volume of Bangladesh is about $12 billion a year, compared with the figure of $5 billion 8 years ago, because Western brands have shifted from China to cheaper areas.

Clothing accounts for about 80% of Bangladesh's total exports.

The new wage standard will take effect from November, when the wage level in Bangladesh will be unchanged from that in Kampuchea.

Kampuchea is next to Bangladesh, the second lowest production cost.

Andrew Jasin Jassin, a fashion industry consultant in New York, said the pay increase would not adversely affect Bangladesh's clothing industry, but would slightly increase the pressure on retailers to raise prices. Andrew

However, trade unions and charities, such as Action Aid, think that the pay rise is still not enough.

According to their estimates, when the monthly salary is 98 pounds ($153), clothing industry workers have the ability to provide nutritious food, health care and education for their families.