Garment owners asked to pay salaries,bonuses to workers before Eid
Sunday, 6 September 2009
Awami League (AL) acting general secretary Mahbub-Ul-Alam Hanif Saturday asked all garments owners to pay salaries and festival bonuses to all RMG workers before Eid-ul-Fitr, reports UNB.
"A conspiracy is on to create anarchy in the country's ready-made garments (RMG) sector. Conspiracy is also there against the present government and we have to remain alert against all these conspiracies," he said at a special extended meeting of Dhaka city AL at the party central office.
He directed all party members to uphold the spirit of the holy Ramadan and remain alert against price hike of essentials. "We need to remain vigilant so that no quarter could take the prices of essentials beyond the commoners' buying capacity," Hanif said.
The acting AL general secretary urged all party members to extend their all-out cooperation in making 'Digital Bangladesh' programme a success and implement its 'charter of change'.
Presided over by Dhaka city AL acting president, the meeting was addressed, among others, by city AL general secretary Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya and State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Kamrul Islam.
Meanwhile, another FE Report adds: The country's garment workers Saturday observed sit-in in front of the BGMEA Bhaban to realise their demand for festival bonus and payment of all outstanding arrears before the ensuing Eid.
Their leaders urged the factory owners to pay festival bonus and all outstanding arrears a couple of days before the Eid to avert any situation that might create unrest in the country's highest foreign exchange earning sector, a press release said.
Leaders of National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) submitted a memorandum in this connection to the leader of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) during the demonstration.
They also demanded immediate withdrawal of illegal closure of five factories including Pubali Knitex, Marshal Knitex and Nibras Knit Wear.
They also demanded compensation for the sacked workers of the factories including Rupshi Fashion, Mohammadia Fashion, Kenon Garments and Zafar Enterprise, added the press release.
"A conspiracy is on to create anarchy in the country's ready-made garments (RMG) sector. Conspiracy is also there against the present government and we have to remain alert against all these conspiracies," he said at a special extended meeting of Dhaka city AL at the party central office.
He directed all party members to uphold the spirit of the holy Ramadan and remain alert against price hike of essentials. "We need to remain vigilant so that no quarter could take the prices of essentials beyond the commoners' buying capacity," Hanif said.
The acting AL general secretary urged all party members to extend their all-out cooperation in making 'Digital Bangladesh' programme a success and implement its 'charter of change'.
Presided over by Dhaka city AL acting president, the meeting was addressed, among others, by city AL general secretary Mofazzal Hossain Chowdhury Maya and State Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Kamrul Islam.
Meanwhile, another FE Report adds: The country's garment workers Saturday observed sit-in in front of the BGMEA Bhaban to realise their demand for festival bonus and payment of all outstanding arrears before the ensuing Eid.
Their leaders urged the factory owners to pay festival bonus and all outstanding arrears a couple of days before the Eid to avert any situation that might create unrest in the country's highest foreign exchange earning sector, a press release said.
Leaders of National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) submitted a memorandum in this connection to the leader of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) during the demonstration.
They also demanded immediate withdrawal of illegal closure of five factories including Pubali Knitex, Marshal Knitex and Nibras Knit Wear.
They also demanded compensation for the sacked workers of the factories including Rupshi Fashion, Mohammadia Fashion, Kenon Garments and Zafar Enterprise, added the press release.