</strong>The Awami League government is determined to maintain cheap labour production to compete with other garment-producing countries such as Vietnam, India, Sri Lanka, Cambodia and China.<strong>
Bangladesh PM rejects further pay hike after garment worker protests mizzima.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from mizzima.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bangladesh s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rejected any further pay hikes for protesting garment workers demanding a nearly tripled wage increase, after violent clashes with police and factories were ransacked.
Bangladesh: Prime Minister refuses to raise garment workers' wages. For days, thousands of workers in the sector have been demonstrating in the streets of major cities. On Tuesday, the textile industry's minimum wage committee raised the basic monthly wage of the sector's four million workers by 56.25 percent to 12,500 taka (104 euros) Unions say this week's wage hike falls short of soaring prices for food, rent, health and school fees for the children of garment workers.
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