Follow-up: Nine Bangladesh Garment Factories Close Indefinitely Affecting About 20,000 Workers as 204 More Declare Holidays on November 12
Nine garment factories in Bangladesh have closed indefinitely amid renewed wage protests, affecting about 20,000 workers, according to sources at the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association.
The nine factories identified by the association and the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments are MM Knitwear, Arunima Sportswear, Newage Apparels, Newage Garments, Kailock Newage BD Limited, Titas Sweaters, Mamun Knitwear, DMC Apparels and DMC Washing Limited.
Authorities declared holidays at 204 factories on November 12, including 137 in Ashulia and the wider Savar area and 67 in Gazipur, separate from the indefinite closures.
Workers are demanding a minimum monthly wage of 30,000 taka, compared with the current 12,500 taka, while the workers' representative on the Minimum Wage Board has proposed 32,000 taka.
Factory authorities invoked Section 13(1) of the Bangladesh Labour Act to suspend operations, and association president Mahmud Hasan Khan Babu said employers had repeatedly reopened factories only to find workers unwilling to resume production.
The unrest began on October 31, eased after November 5 and intensified again on November 10, with the next wage board meeting scheduled for November 16.
Source: Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：孟加拉国一家服装厂内女工在缝纫工位工作的场景，资料图。。Tareq Salahuddin from Dhaka, Bangladesh，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: 孟加拉国一家服装厂内女工在缝纫工位工作的场景，资料图。 Tareq Salahuddin from Dhaka, Bangladesh，CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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