State Minister for Labour and Employment Mujibul Haque Chunnu has said that the government is very much concerned to ensure safety for the country’s garment industry, reports BSS. He said this while attending an international seminar on “Transformation Challenges and Opportunities in Bangladesh Garment Industry” on June 6 at the Harvard University at Boston in the USA. The seminar was organised jointly by Harvard University South Asia Institute and Harvard University Centre for the Environment and International Sustainable Development Institute (ISDI), Inc, according to a message received in the city Monday. State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki also spoke at the function, while Labour and Manpower Secretary Mikail Shipar and Consul General of Bangladesh in New York Md Shameem Ahsan were present. The state minister for labour focussed on the measures already taken for workplace safety and compliance.He especially mentioned the amendment to the Bangladesh Labour Act 2006 to ensure workers’ welfare, rights and safety, promoting trade unionism and collective bargaining and adoption of the National Occupational Health and Safety Policy. The State Minister noted that empowerment of women is a priority issue for the government. “The female workers are the driving force for the vibrant RMG sector, and Bangladesh is not lagging behind the other RMG-exporting countries in terms of improving the living conditions and factory safety,” she said.
