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12-member body to be formed to resolve RMG unrest
DHAKA, Jan 8, 2019 (BSS) – The government today decided to form a 12-
member tripartite committee involving representatives of workers, readymade
garment (RMG) factory owners and the government to resolve the ongoing
problems in the country’s RMG sector by one month.
“A decision has been taken to form a 12-member tripartite committee with
five representatives from RMG factory owners and five from workers, and the
secretaries of the industries and labour ministries to resolve the ongoing
crisis in the RMG sector,” Commerce Minister Tipu Munshi told reports after a
meeting of the Crisis Management Affairs Core Committee.
He said the committee will scrutinise all sorts of problems in the RMG
sector and will take steps to resolve those by one month.
State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum Monnujan Sufian, Labour
Secretary Afroza Khan, Commerce Secretary Md Mofizul Islam, Dhaka
Metropolitan Police Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah, President of Bangladesh
Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Siddiqur Rahman,
President of Federation of Bangladesh Chambers of Commerce and Industries
(FBCCI) Md Shafiul Islam Mohiuddin were, among others, present at the meeting
held at the Labour Department in the city this afternoon.
Munshi urged garment workers to join their work places and assured them of
providing their salaries and allowances by one month.
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