A cross part of individuals together with leaders of garment staff, researchers, lecturers and cultural activists on Sunday demanded that the newly fashioned interim authorities ought to work for guaranteeing primary rights of garment staff.
They mentioned that the federal government, throughout its time, ought to set a brand new customary for bettering the standard of life for all staff, particularly staff of the garment sector, which is the main supply of the nation’s export revenue.
At a dialogue titled Clothes Staff’ Expectations from the Interim Authorities, organised by Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati on the Nationwide Press Membership within the capital, audio system additionally demanded particular initiatives to guard staff, industries and factories.
Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati president Taslima Akhter chaired the dialogue and skim a written assertion inserting an 11-point demand.
The calls for included guaranteeing justice for killing garment staff and all different killings, withdrawal of all false and repressive circumstances towards garment employee’s leaders and staff of the motion for elevated wages in 2023 and reforming the minimal wage board with representatives of staff and reconsideration of the demand for a minimal wage of Tk 25,000.
Taslima additionally demanded taking initiative to supply rations to staff, assurance of staff’ rights to organise, kind unions, maintain rallies, conferences and categorical opinions freely and accountability for the economic police, establishing correct day-care centres for youngsters of the employees with the extension of maternity depart from 4 to 6 months and establishing correct anti-sexual harassment cells in factories.
In addition to, the calls for additionally included assurance of a secure working surroundings in factories, assurance of housing, healthcare, schooling for the youngsters of garment staff and a justified retirement pension for them, assurance of dignified compensation for staff, authorities’s function to make sure accountability for each manufacturing facility house owners and consumers and bringing an finish to harassment of staff by ‘blacklisting’ and arbitrarily termination.
Echoing the calls for, Garment Sramik Oikya Discussion board normal secretary Shahidul Islam Sabuj mentioned that efficient steps should be taken to make sure all the essential rights of garment staff by the interim authorities, which has been fashioned after a student-led mass upsurge forcing Sheikh Hasina to resign and flee to India.
Garment employee Aklima mentioned that present wages for garment staff was not life like and their voices would by no means be heard if their proper to organise couldn’t be ensured.
Bangladesh College of Engineering and Expertise professor Abdul Hasib Chowdhury, improvement researcher Shima Das Shimu, Garment Sramik Commerce Union Kendra central chief Sadekur Rahman Shamim, author Navine Murshid and cultural activist Reetu Sattar, amongst others, have been current on the session.
