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Stakeholders discuss problems of garment factories in city
DHAKA, Bangladesh, June 28 (BSS) - Labour leaders today demanded
restoration of trade union rights, at least on a limited scale,
under the existing emergency rule as the government is allowing the same to political parties.
The BKMEA president Fazlul Haque said it today at a press briefing held after the inauguration of a two-day conference at Westin Hotel in the city. It was also attended by leaders of the BGMEA, BKMEA, workers union, representatives of buyers, NGOs and development partners.
The leaders of the garment factories reiterated their demand for increasing the price of the garments by buyers to meet the growing demands for workers wages.
It is important at this time when the escalating prices of food and cost of living is negatively affecting the country's garment industry and its capacity to reinvest for further improving the compliance standard.
TESCO representative, one of the biggest buying houses, Paul
Dearman said they understand the problem but they have also their
own problems including the regulatory restrictions from the government.
The two-day conference titled as 'Building responsible
competitiveness, Bangladesh in the global market place' aimed at
holding focused discussion on various issues influencing the country's garment sector and its export potentials.
The initiative has been taken under a 'multi-million dollar'
project to run over three years initially. It seeks to promote the industry's competitiveness, compliance standard and products quality to project Bangladesh in the global market as best place to place orders at a time when Bangladesh is facing stiff competition.
Joint secretary of the ministry of commerce Mostafa Mohiuddin, BGMEA vice president Faisal Samad, H&H Hannes & Mauritz AB representative Maritha Lorentzon and Steve Grinter were present at the briefing.
Fazlul Haque said the two-day conference would take stock of the whole gamut of the country's garment industry.
Participants will deal with problems relating to purchasing
practice including falling garment prices from the buyers end,
instability in relationship between buyers and suppliers, time
pressure on shipment and unpredictable snapping of supply orders.
The conference will also take stock of the workers status and progress of the implementation of the minimum wages, review the nature of the trade union activities and protection of the RMG industry. The fiscal and monetary policies affecting influencing the RMG industry will also come under review in the conference.
This project aims at bringing all stakeholders together to chalk out the course of development of Bangladesh garment industry beating back all problems creating impediment on its growth.
"Every factory will attain top producer grade recognition," Fazul Haque said speaking about the objective of the project. There is no alternative to competitiveness, he said emphasizing buyers, NGOs and union leaders should also lend their helping hand to overcome the industry's problems.
restoration of trade union rights, at least on a limited scale,
under the existing emergency rule as the government is allowing the same to political parties.
The BKMEA president Fazlul Haque said it today at a press briefing held after the inauguration of a two-day conference at Westin Hotel in the city. It was also attended by leaders of the BGMEA, BKMEA, workers union, representatives of buyers, NGOs and development partners.
The leaders of the garment factories reiterated their demand for increasing the price of the garments by buyers to meet the growing demands for workers wages.
It is important at this time when the escalating prices of food and cost of living is negatively affecting the country's garment industry and its capacity to reinvest for further improving the compliance standard.
TESCO representative, one of the biggest buying houses, Paul
Dearman said they understand the problem but they have also their
own problems including the regulatory restrictions from the government.
The two-day conference titled as 'Building responsible
competitiveness, Bangladesh in the global market place' aimed at
holding focused discussion on various issues influencing the country's garment sector and its export potentials.
The initiative has been taken under a 'multi-million dollar'
project to run over three years initially. It seeks to promote the industry's competitiveness, compliance standard and products quality to project Bangladesh in the global market as best place to place orders at a time when Bangladesh is facing stiff competition.
Joint secretary of the ministry of commerce Mostafa Mohiuddin, BGMEA vice president Faisal Samad, H&H Hannes & Mauritz AB representative Maritha Lorentzon and Steve Grinter were present at the briefing.
Fazlul Haque said the two-day conference would take stock of the whole gamut of the country's garment industry.
Participants will deal with problems relating to purchasing
practice including falling garment prices from the buyers end,
instability in relationship between buyers and suppliers, time
pressure on shipment and unpredictable snapping of supply orders.
The conference will also take stock of the workers status and progress of the implementation of the minimum wages, review the nature of the trade union activities and protection of the RMG industry. The fiscal and monetary policies affecting influencing the RMG industry will also come under review in the conference.
This project aims at bringing all stakeholders together to chalk out the course of development of Bangladesh garment industry beating back all problems creating impediment on its growth.
"Every factory will attain top producer grade recognition," Fazul Haque said speaking about the objective of the project. There is no alternative to competitiveness, he said emphasizing buyers, NGOs and union leaders should also lend their helping hand to overcome the industry's problems.
