The NGOs objected that representatives of workers (global and local unions) make up only a third of the RSC board members. “The RSC board has formed a committee for including the critical stakeholders in the advisory council already. Therefore, the claim that the board has refused to include any key group of critical stakeholders, labour rights NGOs is false,” the BGMEA said. The RSC has committed to a boiler safety inspection programme that was first initiated as a pilot in 2018. But even after six months since the RSC began its operations, there is no indication that a boiler safety inspection programme has started, the NGOs said.

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 23, 2020 19:30 UTC