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ETI Urges Bangladesh Retailers To Protect Workers From Being Forced

2010/8/28 19:52:00 47

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The Ethical Trading Intiative (ETI) urges retailers purchasing Bangladesh to do their duty to protect Bangladesh workers from being forced when the branding costs, contract prices, orders or omens are not changed.

ETI chairman Alan Roberts expressed her views on Bangladesh's labour minimum wage dispute.

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In this dispute, they play an important role. They must take a more active attitude to ensure that pactions such as the canal are carried out under the conditions of maintaining a decent and fair living standard for the garment workers.

Roberts chairman explained that purchasers should take into account the price paid to suppliers, and retailers should also include moral trade in pactions, including close cooperation with factories, ensure that they do not make unrealistic demands on factories, and support the maximum capacity of factories.

ETI consists of retailers Union, trade unions, charities and labor protection.

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It is composed of organizations seeking the most basic rights of labor in supply chain.

ETI also joined the Bangladesh trade union to appeal to the Bangladesh government to further raise the minimum wage of the garment workers to 5000 Bangladesh (about 45 pounds) per month.

Following the decision of the monggal government to announce that the monthly minimum wage rose from 1662 Bangladesh (about 15 pounds) to 3000 Bangladesh (about 27 pounds) since November 1st of this year, several days of riots occurred in the capital of Dhaka, Bangladesh and nearby workers at the end of July.

The new minimum wage failed to reach Bangladesh and international trade union organizations, and the requirement that Bangladesh was expected to increase to 5000 of Bangladesh currency as a target for achieving its goal of good labour conditions for labour. ETI

ETI chairman Alan Roberts added that the revised minimum wage announced by the Bangladesh government has disappointed the 2 million 500 thousand workers in Mongo because the wage level does not reflect the real cost of living for the workers.

Roberts pointed out that the government of Bangladesh should speed up the minimum wage increase as soon as possible, and enforce laws and regulations to ensure that workers can freely choose to join trade unions, and Trade Union forces should jointly raise the requirements of raising salaries for the management.

Although companies such as M&S and Asda's George brand have begun to improve their efficiency with the relevant suppliers to achieve the pilotage plan of salary increase, most of the garment workers still can not earn enough to pay the basic living expenses.

Roberts said there is no way to win the dispute over the minimum wage rise in Bangladesh. Only the government, industry, trade unions and retailers play their respective roles in order to bring lasting changes to the industry.