Highlights Bangladesh to allow trade unions in economic zones, excluding EPZs Decision made due to international pressure, especially from US, EU, and ILO Labour rights clauses of Labour Act 2006 to be added to EZ Act Decision expected to protect workers' rights, freedom of expression, welfare Govt to announce trade unions in EZs by November The decision to be effective from
Some 1,756 of 9,616 factories of the RMG, textiles, jute and other sectors in the country did not pay Eid bonuses to their workers, while 645 did not pay salaries for March till Thursday afternoon, according to the Industrial Police. Of the factories that did not pay workers' salaries, 56 were members of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA),
On 24 April 2013, the Rana Plaza garment factories in Bangladesh collapsed, killing more than 1,100 people, most of them women, and injuring 2,500 others. The pictures of the collapse and the attempts to rescue those trapped in the rubble quickly spread round the world. Consumers started asking questions about the working conditions of the people who were making their clothes.