They said even though the RMG workers kept apparel factories operational risking their lives amid the Covid-19 pandemic, ‘intelligence reports’ indicate many factories are unlikely to pay the wages and allowances before the Eid. Hence, they demanded the payment of wages of April and a basic wage of one month as Eid festival allowance by Monday. They said the export earning was $3.13 billion alone last month, but many apparel workers still do not know whether they would be able to celebrate the Eid receiving wages and allowances. The factory owners earlier took loans of Tk10,500 crore at nominal interest rate from the stimulus fund for the payment of wages and allowances. This time, they sought loans of Tk10,000 crore again for the payment of workers’ wages and allowances ahead of this Eid, the GSKOP leaders claimed.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 07, 2021 16:04 UTC