Babul Akhtar

General secretary, Bangladesh Garments and Industrial Workers Federation

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Bangladesh forms garment wage board as protests shut factories

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Worker representative on the wage board

Bangladesh formed a six-member wage board on November 1 to set a new minimum wage for garment workers, after protests shut dozens of factories around Dhaka and Gazipur. Workers are asking for Tk 30,000 a month; the current minimum is Tk 12,500.

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