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Different labour organisations and alliances staged a demonstration in front of the National Press Club in the city on Friday to demand a minimum wage of Tk 23,000 to Tk 25,000 for the readymade garment workers.
They vehemently opposed the recently-fixed minimum wage of Tk12,500.
The organisations also called for a reassessment and opting to persist with their protest efforts to realise their demand of setting the minimum wage at Tk 25,000.
They voiced their concern and protested against the current situation, demanding justice for the three workers who lost their lives during the recent movement and calling for exemplary punishment for those responsible.
The Garments Sramik Front, the Garments Sramik Andolan, which was formed for increasing wages, an alliance of 11 workers organisations, and Rastra Sanskar Andolan, staged the demonstration.
The workers' organisations under different names and banners marched through the Paltan area.
The protest march included workers from the apparel sector who initially brought their protest to the National Press Club.
Subsequently, the organisations positioned themselves in front of the Press Club and gathered there.
Earlier on November 7, the minimum wage for the RMG workers was fixed at Tk 12,500 with an increase of 56.25 per cent from the existing one.
The Minimum Wage Board fixed the wage structure at its 6th meeting on Tuesday in presence of the sector's stakeholders.
Speaking at the demonstration, leaders of the organisations observed when the garment workers have been protesting for the wages and demanding reconsideration, incidents of attack, firing shots, sound grenades, rubber bullets and lobbing teargas shells on workers in Gazipur and Ashulia are very shameful.
They condemned and protested the killing of Anjuara during the agitation in Gazipur Konabari.
They also called for demanding exemplary punishment for those involved in the killings of three garment workers-Anjuara, Russel, and Imran-who lost their lives in the movement for the minimum wage.
Taslima Akhter, president of Bangladesh Garment Workers Solidarity, declared, "Our protest will continue until our demands are met".
"We intend to submit a letter to the Minimum Wage Board, urging a reevaluation of the recently set minimum wage of Tk 12,500 for RMG workers," she stated.
The demand for the reconsideration of garment workers' wages should be collectively accepted by the government, RMG employers, and buyers, said Taslima who is also a coordinator of the garment workers' movement for increasing wage (an alliance of 11 national garment organisations).
Earlier, the United States expressed condemnation for the recent acts of violence against workers in Bangladesh who were protesting for an increase in the minimum wage.
Amnesty International issued a statement on Thursday strongly condemning the reprehensible use of force against protesters on Wednesday, which tragically led to the deaths of at least two garment workers during clashes with the police.
The protests were centred on demands for an increase in the minimum wage.