2024-06-29 10:07:30
The Nationwide Garment Staff Federation has demanded an allocation of Tk 10,000 crore for the rationing of 42 lakh garment employees within the proposed finances of Tk 8 lakh crore.
The group made this demand on Friday (June 28) in entrance of the Nationwide Press Membership in entrance of the garment employees image starvation strike program.
At 11:00 am, it was presided over by the Common Secretary of the Girls’s Committee of the Nationwide Garment Staff Federation, Camelia Hasan, and the President of the Girls’s Committee, Mrs. Jasmine Akhter, presided over it.
Federation Central President Mr. Amirul Haque Amin spoke because the chief visitor.
Girls leaders Suraiya Jasmine Ruma, Monira Munni, Sweety Sultana, Asma Akhtar, Fatema Akhtar, Kareena Akhtar, Sabina Akhtar, Shamima Akhtar and others additionally spoke.
The audio system mentioned that clothes are the most important business within the nation. 42 lakh employees work on this business, 70 p.c of whom are girls employees. These employees account for 84 p.c of the nation’s complete exports. The nation runs on the labor and sweat of garment employees however they’re paid very low wages. Then again, attributable to skyrocketing worth of products, worth inflation, enhance in gas-electricity-water worth, enhance in home hire, journey fare, enhance in medical bills, 42 lakh garment employees of the nation are disoriented immediately. Many garment employees live half-starved lives.
They mentioned that for the final 5 years, the dialogue of rationing for garment employees is happening. Former Minister of Commerce, current Minister of State for Commerce, former Minister of State for Labor, many MPs and Ministers have repeatedly spoken and warranted about this. However until immediately the garment employees stay disadvantaged of ration. The unlucky factor is that even within the proposed finances for the subsequent monetary yr 2024-25 introduced in Parliament on June 6, there isn’t any allocation of ration for the garment employees, which has angered all of the garment employees of the nation.
Instantly, within the proposed finances of 8 lakh crore rupees, it was demanded to allocate 10 thousand crore rupees to make sure rationing of 42 lakh garment employees of the nation.
It’s mentioned that garment girls employees will march in the direction of the Parliament if no provision is made for the rationing of garment employees within the finances.