The committee formed to review the wage structure with Tk 8,000 as the minimum monthly pay will convene for its first meeting at the Secretariat at 3pm on Thursday, according to Mannuzan. The government formed the committee to review the wage board in a meeting with representatives of the RMG industry owners and workers on Tuesday after the protests continued for the third day. The government on Nov 25 last year gazetted the new wage structure for RMG workers and ordered the garment factories to implement it from Dec 1. Different leftist worker groups have demanded that the minimum wage for garment workers be raised to Tk 16,000. The workers started the protest alleging the owners were not paying them as per the new wage board.

Source: bd News24 January 09, 2019 17:37 UTC