RMG workers Minimum Wage
Tk 12,500 finalised as minimum RMG wage
The salary structure will now have four grades in place of five
Normalcy returning to garment sector
After more than two weeks of unrest in the garment sector over minimum wages, normalcy has started to be restored with almost all factories reopening and workers returning to their workplaces yesterday.
MINIMUM WAGE / BGMEA's claim refuted by unions, economist
The Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) has said the take-home salary of a worker will be higher than the new minimum wage if other allowances are considered, a claim that was refuted by two union leaders and an economist.
Govt publishes gazette on new RMG wage
The government today published the gazette on the recently declared minimum wage for garment workers, setting the monthly pay at Tk 12,500 and reducing the number of grades to five from seven.
Demo for salary hike: 12 factories shut amid workers' protest in Gazipur
At least 12 garment factories of Gazipur were declared closed after workers resumed protests demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 23,000
44 BGB platoons deployed for security at RMG factories
Female worker was shot dead yesterday in clash with police following union leaders' rejection of new minimum wage
Demo for RMG wage hike: Worker shot dead in fresh unrest
A garment worker was shot dead and 30 people were injured in Gazipur as law enforcers opened fire on workers protesting for a minimum monthly wage of Tk 23,000, a day after it was fixed at Tk 12,500.
Female garment worker killed in clash with police in Gazipur
A female garment worker was killed in a clash between police and workers demonstrating for a minimum wage of Tk 23,000 in Gazipur's Konabari area today
48 BGB platoons deployed for security of RMG factories
Forty-eight platoons of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) have been deployed in Dhaka and nearby districts to ensure security at garment factories
Tk 12,500 declared as minimum RMG wage
The announcement came from State Minister for Labour Monnujan Sufian
Garment factory owners revise minimum wage upwards to Tk 12,500
Garment factory owners have submitted a new proposal on the minimum wage for apparel workers in Bangladesh, revising it upwards to Tk 12,500, according to a source.
Wage board sits to fix minimum salary for RMG workers
The meeting of the wage board began at its office in Dhaka today to finalise the minimum salary for garment workers in Bangladesh.
RMG minimum wage to be announced today
For more than 11 days, RMG workers have been protesting demanding Tk 23,000 as minimum wage
2 policemen injured as RMG workers and cops clash in Gazipur
Two police officials were injured during a clash between garment workers and police in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila today
3 suffer shotgun pellet wounds as RMG workers clash with cops in Ashulia
Police fire rubber bullets, pellets and tear gas shells
RMG workers’ demo: Police use tear gas shells, water cannons to disperse protesters
Police fired tear gas shells and used water cannons in Ashulia this morning to disperse garment workers after they blocked roads demanding an increase in wages
Board yet to propose minimum RMG wage
A board formed for recommending the minimum wage for garment workers could not come up with any proposal on the monthly rates even at its third meeting held in Dhaka yesterday.
