Labor rights: Interview of the week EPZ labor jurisdictions may continue

Labor rights: Interview of the week

EPZ labor jurisdictions may continue

Rahman, President, BGMEA, Bangladesh, raised questions about labor rights, GSP has decided to explore the advantages of the European in Union (the EU).  The four members of the European Parliament visited The workers' right to bargain and toHashtag on these issues in Thursday About,the first lightof the BGMEA president talked withRahmanand Bangladesh in Council Chairman IndustriAllAmirul Haque.  Interviewedsubhankara blacksmith

Light First:  EPZ labor laws to implement the increasing pressure.  The BGMEA position or opinion?

Rahman:  to attract foreign investors in the EPZs were arranged.  However, thousands of factories outside the EPZ labor may continue under the law, within the EPZ factories so why not?  Another thing is that, exports overwhelmingly occupied by factories outside the EPZ.  Factories outside the EPZ factories to provide for the endangerment reasonable extent, it should be considered.  EPZ factories to the workers' welfare committee has several bureaucratic.  In compliance with 51 percent of the workers to apply. He strongly objected to the fact.  We think, however, the current labor can be managed EPZ jurisdictions.  The issue will reach a solution very quickly .

Light First:  to The government and the BGMEA often says, in Rana Plaza last four years, a progress has been made concerning the rights of workers. However, the United States and the EU to ensure that workers' rights are constantly putting pressure.  Where is the problem?

Rahman:  improvement there is no end.  Rana Plaza, the Government has done a lot of owners and workers together.  However, trade unions are workers.  Our workers are trained or not the trade unions, for the latest amendment to the Labor Act, the election committee Worker Participation is mandatory.  Increase their knowledge about the selection of the workers. Thus, workers will be trained in the future of trade unions.  We think it will take away a lot of the issue of labor law.

Light First:  You said, workers are not willing to trade unions.  But sramikanetara complain repeatedly, labor law creates obstacles to the formation of more than one trade union section.  The owners are various barriers to trade unions .

Rahman:  This is the wrong idea.  After registration of a trade union, the union leaders are pruned away, so can not be transferred.  Being the subject of trade union leaders need training.  Because workers have no control over the union leaders.  During the instigation of the ordinary workers, they never managed to get out of the factory workers are brought in, they can not go.

Light First:  in In December, stop trimming garment workers' movement, such as cases and repressive measures are taken to stop the factory.  Then make sure that workers' rights, increased local and foreign pressure than ever before.  What if the garment that measures were taken to stop the labor movement, it was a mistake?

Rahman:  Of course it was all right.  Because of our general workers wanted to work .  But they were not allowed to work.  They were beaten up.  Has been threatened.  So you can not stop the force.  Of course, an owner has the right to seek government protection.  After having closed the factory opened, the first day he was seen at 95 percent of the workers.  That means, do not support the movement of workers.  Many labor leader told us, and they did not know anything about the movement.

Light First:  in June, the ILO convention hashtag on labor rights and of the progress review meeting of Sustainability to be compact.  If you do not read the threat that the EU's GSP.  What are you doing about it?

Rahman:  We think that is obligatorily in no way prejudice the right of workers not being here.  For example, if the demand is not the end, there is no end of progress. ILO conference last year that progress was asked to do four things, we must do that.  We've done enough.  ILO is working with.

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