FE Report
Some 430 victims and their families of New Wave Bottoms (NWB), one of the garment factories situated at the collapsed Rana Plaza, have received Tk 50,000 each as compensation from the trust fund.
However, compensation money was not paid to the remaining 150 beneficiaries of the NWB due to absence of proper documentations or there being more than one claimant, Secretary General of IndustriALL Bangladesh Council Roy Ramesh Chandra told the FE Friday.
Documents of the rest beneficiaries will be received on April 11 next and their payment would be made accordingly, he added.
The first batch of beneficiaries (NWB workers) received the first instalment of compensation directly from Primark.
The rest out of 3,639 workers of four other garment factories will get their payment on April 15 next.
The multi-stakeholders' coordination committee, formed with international and Bangladeshi representations from government, industry and trade unions including IndustriALL Global Union to deal with the compensation issues, is assigned to complete the payment under the Rana Plaza Donors Trust Fund.
Of 28 retailers linked to the Rana Plaza building in Savar, Dhaka, where more than 1,100 workers died and many others were injured a year ago, just 16 have been confirmed as donors to the compensation fund co-ordinated by the International Labour Organisation (ILO). So far the fund is well short of its US$ 40 million target.
Mr Ramesh said the trade unions will strengthen their campaign across the globe from April 1 to put pressure on the brands to join the fund.
There would be press briefings and formation of human chains in Dhaka while strong campaigning is on through Facebook, Twitter and websites, he added.
There would also be demonstrations in front of the stores of brands that are yet to join the fund, he said calling the brands to make donations to the trust fund before April 24 next.
