proposed to reduce the wages that the owners have proposed for garment workers. During the previous workstation, it was said that wages will increase by 5 percent every year. Now, the minimum wage of workers is 6, 000, as it is. The owner's proposal has been asked to make 6 thousand 360. If the owners accept the proposal, the wages will be reduced in other grades.
Owners have mocked the workers primarily through their offers. They were encouraged by this so that they were angry and the owners could confuse the government.
The lowest wage board is not a bargaining place. The owners will give a proposal, the workers will offer one, then by agreeing to negotiate, they will decide the fate of 40 million workers, not the same. The lowest wage board will determine the wages considering labor costs, industry capabilities, wages of other sectors, etc. For this reason an economist remains as a neutral member. I hope the wages of the garment sector will be determined considering the wages declared in the public sector as well as in recent times.
According to our research, now a family life needs more than 16 thousand rupees. It is not known what the worker has proposed to pay wages of 12 thousand rupees on the wage board. Different labor organizations have demanded the lowest wage of more than Tk 16,000. There is more pressure on workers in the garment sector. This sector has more capacity. Besides, the wages of the garment sector are exemplified nationally and internationally. Considering these issues, the wages of the garment sector will be decided.
