The interim government of Bangladesh formally established a specialized minimum wage review board following widespread labor demonstrations and violent confrontations between industrial workers and security forces around Dhaka. Tens of thousands of ready-made garment workers occupied key industrial transport arteries across Ashulia, Gazipur, and Savar, demanding an immediate upward revision of basic monthly wages to offset soaring living costs. Protesting laborers blocked highways, set tires ablaze, and clashed with riot police who deployed tear gas canisters and sound grenades to clear commercial corridors.
The Ministry of Labour and Employment announced that the newly constituted tripartite wage commission will feature balanced representation from trade union federations, apparel factory owners, and independent economic researchers. Garment manufacturing represents Bangladesh’s primary economic engine, generating more than eighty percent of national export revenues and supplying major apparel retail brands across Europe and North America. Industrial trade leaders urged striking workers to resume shifts, pledging that the commission will conduct expedited hearings to formulate a sustainable, inflation-adjusted wage structure.
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https://www.thehindu.com/news/international/bangladesh-forms-wage-board-as-garment-workers-keep-up-protests/article71653893.ece