Bangladesh: ETI joins calls for a further increase to the minimum wage
ETI is joining trade union calls for the Bangladeshi government to make a further increase in the minimum wage to 5,000 taka (around £45) a month, and to speed up its implementation.
Workers in and around Dhaka rioted for several days after the government on 31 June announced its long-delayed decision to raise the minimum wage from 1,662 taka (£15) a month to 3,000 taka (£27), to come into effect on 1 November.
The new minimum wage falls far short of the 5,000 taka supported by Bangladeshi and international unions, which ETI considers a...