Owners have announced temporary closure of about 200 export-oriented garment factories in Ghazipur, Savar, Ashulia and Mirpur in Dhaka amid workers' agitation over wage hike. They fear that if the factory is kept open, the workers' protest may spread further.
On Wednesday, workers protested by blocking the road in Mirpur of the capital. Some workers protested in Savar. But the situation was calm in Ghazipur.
Meanwhile, bosses told the Minimum Wage Board yesterday they would be proposing a new wage. The previous proposal will be cancelled. The new proposal will increase salaries, but by how much has not been disclosed.
It was decided in the board meeting yesterday chaired by Pay Board Chairman Liaqat Ali Mollah that the pay rate will be finalized in the second week of this month. The new pay structure will come into effect from December 1.
Sirajul Islam, representative of the workers' side in the wage board, told Prothom Alo, 'There was a good discussion. 'The owner has become more flexible than before.'
On the other hand, factory owners' representative and former BGMEA president Siddiqur Rahman told reporters, 'The wages will increase with the proposal we had given earlier. How much will it increase, I will discuss with the owners and tell in the next meeting.
While the Wage Board meeting was going on at Segunbagicha in the capital, the owners were holding a meeting at the Uttara office of BGMEA, an organization of textile factory owners. It was decided in the meeting that closure of the factory due to workers' protest would be under Section 13(1) of the Labor Act. According to this section the owner can close the factory due to illegal strike. In the event of such a strike, the workers participating in the strike will not receive any salary.
Source: Bangladesh News Paper
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