Bangladesh’s Garment Industry Wage Board Agrees to Raise Minimum Wage
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Bangladesh Moves to Resolve Wage Dispute After Violent Protests
Thousands of textile workers have protested since Saturday in demand for wage increases, throwing bricks and erecting barricades. Police used tear gas to disperse the crowd. "We will complete our work in December so that workers will receive their wage increases in January," said ABM Shamsuddin, representative of textile entrepreneurs on the board. "We agreed on this point. We are working together," said Babul Akter, representative of the worker…
In Bangladesh, textile workers, on the streets of Dhaka for five days, are expected to see their minimum wage increase from January 2027. This announcement was made by the committee of employees and industry representatives set up by the government to negotiate.
Employees require a 140% increase in their monthly minimum wage to compensate for the increase in the cost of living. The increase will be fixed in December.
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