Article On RMG Trade Union
RMG Trade Union in Bangladesh: Situation, Response and Challenge
Afzal Kabir Khan1, Syed Musa Kajim Nuri2, Subrata Banarjee3
Abstract
A trade union is an organisation of workers who have bend or unified together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The ready-made Garment (RMG) sector has started its journey in the late 1970s in Bangladesh and it is one of the keys of our national economy The RMG industry in Bangladesh accounts for more than 75 per cent of total exports .But still trade unions in this sector are not developed accordingly. Most trade unions in the RMG sector operate outside the factories and therefore lack active participation of the general workers. A combination of factors such as lack of enforcement of labour laws, inhibiting legal provisions, and system of contract labour are responsible for reduced trade union membership in these sectors. Besides, low response and uncooperative attitude of owners, lack of awareness and knowledge about trade union, low visibility of activities of trade union are also the causes of not establishing strong trade union in RMG sector.
Keywords: Trade Union, labour, RMG, rights, movements,
1. Trade Union and its Background
Trade union is a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives.4 A trade union is also called as a labour union. A labour union is an organisation of workers who have bend or unified together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its voluntary; bargains with the employer on behalf of the union members, which may include the negotiation of working conditions like wages, rules, time, and job security etc. Trade Union in a rising democracy, is mandatory for every people to present, get and preserves their own rights and form institution. Trade Union is such an organisation of Trade workers in factory by which the workers can promote their economic,
Afzal Kabir Khan1, Syed Musa Kajim Nuri2, Subrata Banarjee3
Abstract
A trade union is an organisation of workers who have bend or unified together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The ready-made Garment (RMG) sector has started its journey in the late 1970s in Bangladesh and it is one of the keys of our national economy The RMG industry in Bangladesh accounts for more than 75 per cent of total exports .But still trade unions in this sector are not developed accordingly. Most trade unions in the RMG sector operate outside the factories and therefore lack active participation of the general workers. A combination of factors such as lack of enforcement of labour laws, inhibiting legal provisions, and system of contract labour are responsible for reduced trade union membership in these sectors. Besides, low response and uncooperative attitude of owners, lack of awareness and knowledge about trade union, low visibility of activities of trade union are also the causes of not establishing strong trade union in RMG sector.
Keywords: Trade Union, labour, RMG, rights, movements,
1. Trade Union and its Background
Trade union is a continuous association of wage earners for the purpose of maintaining or improving the conditions of their working lives.4 A trade union is also called as a labour union. A labour union is an organisation of workers who have bend or unified together to achieve common goals such as better working conditions. The trade union, through its voluntary; bargains with the employer on behalf of the union members, which may include the negotiation of working conditions like wages, rules, time, and job security etc. Trade Union in a rising democracy, is mandatory for every people to present, get and preserves their own rights and form institution. Trade Union is such an organisation of Trade workers in factory by which the workers can promote their economic,
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