Tk 5,000 to be recommended as minimum pay for RMG workers

The minimum monthly wage for a garment worker will be recommended at Tk 5,000, said Nazma Akter, workers' representative in the Minimum Wage Board for the garment workers, yesterday.
"I will submit the recommendation to the board in writing for fixing Tk 5,000 as monthly pay to the workers in the next meeting on May 5," Akter told The Daily Star after the second meeting of the board held at its office in Dhaka.
She said during the meeting, the board members wanted to know whether any new post was created since the announcement of the last wage in 2006. At present, there are seven grades for the workers, she added.
Chairman of the board Ikteder Ahmed said he would be able to announce the new minimum wage for the garment workers within six months as each side is co-operating for fixing such minimum wage.
The meeting was atende4d by Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin, the second vice-president of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Professor Iqbal Ahmed, a neutral member of the board, Kazi Saifuddin Ahmed, labour adviser to Bangladesh Employers Federation, Habibur Rahman Siraj, a permanent member from the workers' side, and chief accountant of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.