RMG workers

32,000 RMG workers made jobless in 2019

At least 63 garment factories across the country are closed in 2019, leaving 32,582 RMG workers unemployed, Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi tells Parliament.
Commuters suffer as RMG workers block Mirpur Road

Commuters crossing Mirpur Road in Dhaka have been suffering immensely as several hundred garments workers took to the streets in Shyamoli halting traffic movement demanding arrears and bonuses.
RMG workers clash with cops in N’ganj, 30 hurt

At least 30 readymade garment workers are injured in a clash with police in Sonargaon upazila of Narayanganj.
RMG workers’ wage payment system to go digital

President of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Rubana Huq says the wage payment system of RMG workers is going to be digitised soon.
RMG workers to get salary, Eid bonus by June 2

Garment workers can expect to receive their Eid bonus by the end of this month and two-third the salaries for May by June 2 as the government looks to avoid any labour unrest that invariably flares up before the festival. If the factory owners want they can pay the salary for the whole month
Govt committed to RMG workers’ welfare: commerce secretary

The government is firmly committed to the Sustainability Compact and the welfare of millions of readymade garment (RMG) workers, said Commerce Secretary Mofizul Islam.
WHY ARE FACTORIES DEEMED UNSAFE STILL OPERATIONAL?

When the Accord and Alliance signed on different brands from all over the world after the Rana Plaza collapse in 2013, they pledged that the factories that these brands will do business with will ensure safe working conditions for the workers.
Garment workers' struggle to find affordable housing

The garments industry plays a crucial role in our economy. The welfare of the 4.2 million workers in this industry is vital for our achievement of middle-income status.
Health issues of RMG workers need attention

Garment workers have received a fair share of attention over the last few years due to their poor working conditions, low wages and benefits, and inadequate facilities at their factories of employment.
Savar RMG workers demonstrate for arrear

The workers of a closed readymade garment factory stage demonstration in Savar, on the outskirts area of Dhaka, demanding their four months’ arrears.
Readymade Garment Sector: Revised wage sees protests subside

The magnitude of unrest in Bangladesh’s garments industry comes down after yesterday’s revision of wages and threats of factory closure.
RMG unrest: 10 hurt in ‘cop action’ in Ashulia

Ten people are injured when police charge batons and use water cannons to disperse the readymade garment workers, who blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway in Ashulia protesting disparity in their new wage structure.
Action if any attempt made to create anarchy: DMP chief

Dhaka Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia says the law enforcers will take immediate action if any attempt is made to create anarchy centring the ongoing protests by garment workers over pay disparity.
RMG unrest: Journo hurt in ‘cop action’ in Gazipur

A journalist of a private television channel is allegedly beat up by police during a chase and counter chase with protesting garment workers on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Gazipur.
Garment workers clash with cops in N'ganj

At least 35 people, including 10 policemen, were injured as police and workers of a closed readymade garment factory clashed at Adamjee EPZ in Narayanganj city yesterday.
Unpaid Wages: Workers block highway for over 5 hours

Garment workers of a factory blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for around five hours at Chhoydana Degerchala in Gazipur yesterday morning demanding arrears.
Poor healthcare plagues RMG units

Four months into her pregnancy, Tahmina, 35, found herself under constant stress as she tried to meet the production quota in the RMG factory in Tejgaon where she had been working for the last four years.
4 killed falling off the roof of a running train

Four people, including two RMG workers, travelling on the roof of a train were killed after being hit by the girder of a footbridge in Raninagar upazila of Naogaon in the early hours of yesterday.
N’ganj garment official beaten dead

An officer of a hosiery factory in Fatullah area of Narayanganj Sadar has allegedly been beaten dead by its two workers.
Ctg RMG workers’ blockade causes 4km gridlock

Workers of three readymade garment factories of Clifton Group put barricade on the Bayezid Bostami Road in Chittagong city, demanding their arrears that triggers around two kilometres gridlock on both sides of the road.
100 RMG workers fall sick ‘drinking water’ at factory

One-hundred workers of a garments factory had to take treatment at the hospital today after drinking water from the factory canteen.
Why the foot-dragging in recompensing workers?

Every year, there is a brouhaha surrounding wages and Eid bonuses of RMG workers; it is unfortunate that, this year, too, was no exception.
RMG owners asked to clear wages, bonus by July 14

State Minister for Labour Mujibul Haque Chunnu asks the garment makers to clear salaries and festival bonus of their workers by July 10 and 14 respectively so that they can celebrate Eid-ul-Fitr smoothly.
Call for Rana Plaza victims’ compensation

Garment workers’ rights bodies call for immediate compensation of Rana Plaza victims and swift punishment for the culprits behind the world’s biggest workplace disaster on the second anniversary of Rana Plaza collapse.