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  RMG wage board owners, workers’ reps to make proposals by Apr 25

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on March 20, 2018

  The minimum wage board for the readymade garment workers in its first meeting on Monday decided that representatives of both factory owners and workers would...

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  Jt committee formed to evaluate nat’l body’s readiness

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on March 18, 2018

  The government has formed a joint monitoring committee comprised of representatives of brands and buyers, International Labour Organisation, garment factory owners and trade unions to...

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  Trump’s trade war drumbeats may reach B’desh RMG sector

  Jasim Uddin | Updated at 12:05am on March 15, 2018

  Looming global trade war may affect Bangladesh’s economy and trade particularly exports as the US administration under president Donald Trump is planning to impose additional...

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  Govt to lower workers’ representation threshold

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 12:05am on March 13, 2018

  The government has decided to lower the membership requirement threshold for trade union registration up to 20 per cent in its draft amendments to the...

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  124 RMG units run in risky buildings

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on March 12, 2018

  One hundred and twenty-four readymade garment factories in Dhaka and Chittagong have been running their business in risky buildings, ignoring the government order for closures,...

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  Errant RMG units to face legal action in May

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on March 07, 2018

  The government has decided to take legal action against the readymade garment factories inspected under the national initiative that will fail to complete remediation work...

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  Woman RMG worker ratio falls amid tech upgradation: servey

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 09:27pm on March 03, 2018

  The ratio of female workers to male in the country’s readymade garments sector has decreased as the number of new entry of female workers was...

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  TU application rejection growing in Ctg

  Moinul Haque | Updated at 11:43pm on February 28, 2018

  The rate at which application for trade union registration is rejected has been increasing in Chittagong zone over the year while the rate is decreasing...

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  85pc female RMG workers face verbal abuse: survey

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:05am on February 27, 2018

  Almost 85 per cent of female workers in the readymade garment sector face verbal harassment in their workplace, according to a report launched Monday...

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  IndustriALL demands Tk 16,000 as RMG sector minimum wage

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:39pm on February 25, 2018

  IndustriALL Bangladesh Council, a platform of the readymade garment sector workers’ federations, on Sunday demanded Tk 16,000 as the monthly minimum wage for the RMG workers...