Minimum wage of a garment worker

The daily Prothom Alo reported recently that the minimum wage for garment workers was proposed and finalised as Tk.5,300 with yearly 5% increment. Also, an apprentice will be paid minimum Tk.4,180.
It seems a good negotiation at the moment but if we look closely we can find some flaws that will actually make the whole effort vague.
Here is why:
1)    Minimum wage for new entrants: According to the report, a new entrant will receive minimum Tk.4,180, which is less than the wage of non-new entrants in the labour force in this particular industry. That means it will open the door for the garment owners to oppress the workers in a new way. They will not upgrade a new entrant's status and thus end up paying less in wages.
The process is very simple. First, they will terminate existing workers and then re-hire them as new entrants. In an overpopulated country, the poor labourers will fall prey to the new system of oppression. The result is inevitable, resistance and revolt again.
2)    The 5% yearly increment will not be enough to balance the trend of 7.8%-8% yearly inflation rate. The living standard will not improve as a result of this inflation gap. The result -- we will see unrest in the sector again.
How to rectify this:
i)    The government can introduce a new law, saying that if a person had 2,000 hours of experience in the industry, the owner could treat her as an apprentice anymore.  Also, it must be mandatory for payroll departments to print and distribute a copy of Time Sheet to the worker in each pay period.
ii)    Yearly increment should be fixed according to the inflation rate, or at least not less than 85% of the inflation rate.
We really want an end to the wage war in the garment industry once and for all.

The writer is an accountant.