Workers of ready-made garment (RMG) factories and other industrial units will get their wages for the month of June by July 10 and the festival allowance by July 14. State minister for labour and employment Md Mujibul Haque made the announcement on Thursday. “The workers of RMG and other industrial units will get their wages for June by July 10, 2015 and Eid-ul- Fitr festival allowance by July 14, 2015,” he told journalists after the 28th core committee meeting on crisis management in the RMG and other industrial sectors at the conference room of the labour ministry. Labour secretary Mikail Shiper, inspector general of the Department of Inspection for Factories and Establishments Syed Ahmed, leaders of Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Bangladesh Knitwear Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BKMEA), Bangladesh Employers Federation and officials of different government organisations, among others, attended the meeting. “I think they (BGMEA and BKMEA) would not disappoint the government. We hope they will pay wages and Eid-ul- Fitr allowance by the deadline to their employees,” he said while responding to a query about the surety of the commitment as pledged by the factory owners. About Eid-ul Fitr holiday for the workers, the minister said: “We have discussed the matter with the BGMEA and BKMEA leaders. We requested them not to grant all their workers holiday at the same time-just one/ two days ahead of or behind the schedule of BGMEA or BKMEA) to ensure the workers’ hassle-free and smooth journey home.” Mr Haque claimed that the country’s industrial units were now calm and quite compared with the previous times.
