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Bangladesh Govt to allow trade union in EPZ factories

The government will now allow workers of export processing zone factories to form trade unions. This decision followed repeated warnings from the European Union to the Bangladesh government to make some progress in the implementation of workers’ rights or to risk having its GSP facilities cancelled. Currently, the EU is the single largest export destination for the ready-made garments manufactured in Bangladesh.

At present, Bangladesh enjoys duty-free market access to the EU countries for all products under the Everything But Arms (EBA) preferential tariff scheme.

A suspension of this facility could lead up to 12% tariff on imports from Bangladesh.

At a meeting presided over by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, held at the Secretariat yesterday, the Cabinet discussed whether trade unions would be allowed in the EPZ factories.

This was disclosed to reporters by a Cabinet member after the meeting concluded.

He said Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed had raised the issue at the Cabinet meeting and had requested that the amendment of the existing labor law be withdrawn from parliament for further amendment of the law.

According to the Cabinet member, Tofail had also said if 50% of the members of the Workers Welfare Association of the EPZ factories consented to registering as a trade union, then the WWA would be allowed to register under Ministry of Labor and Employment as a trade union.

The Cabinet member also said the prime minister had mentioned that the US had already cancelled GSP facilities and that she was not interested in getting those facilities back.

He further quoted the prime minister as saying: “I am confident that we will overcome the GSP problem with the EU.”

On March 18 this year, three European Commission bodies sent a joint communique which said it was essential that the Bangladesh government implement the four recommendations made by an International Labor Organization committee last year, or risk being shut out from the GSP that it enjoyed.

Subsequently, on March 24, the European Union had repeated this warning to the government.

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More apparel brands should reveal production sources

A worldwide coalition of labour and human rights organizations has urged global apparel companies to publish more information about their production sources ahead of the 4th anniversary of the Rana Plaza building collapse in Bangladesh.
The nine-member coalition, which includes Human Rights Watch and the International Labour Rights Forum, has endorsed a Transparency Pledge which asks apparel companies to publish important information about supplier factories and their authorized subcontractors.
The pledge also sets a floor – not ceiling – for supply chain transparency.
“Transparency is a powerful tool for promoting corporate accountability for garment workers’ rights in global supply chains, as it allows workers and labour and human rights advocates to alert the company to rights abuses in its supplier factories,” the coalition said in a statement.
And in a 40-page report released on Thursday titled ‘Follow the Thread: The Need for Supply Chain Transparency in the Garment and Footwear Industry‘, the coalition reveals that at least 29 global apparel and footwear companies have published information about the factories that manufacture their products.
It also highlights 17 leading international brands which will meet minimum standards for supply chain transparency by the end of 2017.
Basic norms Aruna Kashyap, senior counsel for the women’s rights division at HRW, said a basic level of supply chain transparency in the garment industry should be “the norm” in the 21st century.
“Openness about a company’s supply chain is better for workers, better for human rights, and shows that companies care about preventing abuse in their supply chains,” she said in a statement.
Aruna added that labour advocates could not determine which companies’ products were made at the Rana Plaza building – which collapsed in the Savar district north of Dhaka on April 24, 2013, killing over 1,100 garment workers – and in the Tazreen Fashions factory, which caught fire with the loss of 117 people in November 2012.
“They had to hunt for the brand labels at the factory sites and interview surviving workers to determine which brands were involved,” she said.
Global outcry Both incidents prompted global criticism of some leading international brands who sub-contract their production processes to less reputable supply chains in developing countries.

 “After Rana Plaza and other disasters, human rights groups, unions, and some companies and investors have seen how important transparency is for preventing abuses and for efforts at accountability,” said Ben Vanpeperstraete, lobby and advocacy coordinator at the Clean Clothes Campaign International Office.
“Companies need to put transparency into practice to show that they respect human rights and decent working conditions,” he added.
Judy Gearhart, executive director at the International Labour Rights Forum, said companies can still do more.
“Adhering to a minimum level of supply chain transparency in the pledge is important for accountability efforts. They should at least start with this basic step,” she said.
The coalition urges companies that have not aligned with the pledge to do so by December and to help galvanize the apparel industry toward a basic threshold level of supply chain transparency.
The coalition consists of Human Rights Watch, International Labour Rights Forum, Clean Clothes Campaign, Industrial Global Union, the International Corporate Accountability Round table, the  the International Trade Union Confederation, the Maquila Solidarity Network, UNI Global Union, and the Worker Rights Consortium.


                                                                                              











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Bangladesh launches trade unionist training programme

On Thursday Bangladesh launched a training scheme for trade unionists that aims to improve industrial relations, ahead of the fourth anniversary of a deadly factory building collapse.
Bangladesh, the second-largest clothing producer after China, was harshly criticized for poor factory safety and workers' rights after the April 2013 collapse of the Rana Plaza building, which killed more than 1,100 people, mostly garment workers.
"This initiative will definitely help improve relations between the workers and the owners in the garment sector," State Labour Minister Mujibul Haque said on inaugurating the program.
Seventeen mid-level trade union leaders from different sectors, including the garments industry, will undergo the three-month training that covers issues including workers' rights, trade and globalization, labour policy and global supply chains.
Germany-based non-profit organization Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) with its Bangladeshi partners initiated the Academy of Work training program, which aims to create an all-inclusive representation of workers' interests and a more effective social dialogue.
"Bangladesh has advanced a lot after the disaster in terms of ensuring workers' rights and safety, but it has still long way to go," said FES vice chairman Michael Sommer.
Sommer, also a former president of the International Trade Union Confederation, advised Bangladesh to modernize labour laws to keep its economy competitive in the global market.

Successful completion of the program will equip the participants with a comprehensive understanding of decent work in the global supply chain, said Franziska Korn, resident representative of FES Bangladesh. It will also contribute to creating an effective dialogue among independent trade unions, employers and the government of Bangladesh, she added. 



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