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“Rights of the Garment
workers in Bangladesh:”
Prepared By:
Md. Abdul Alim
Masters of Business Administration
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Table of Content
Serial No. Title Name Page No.
Chapter : 01
01 1.1 Introduction 01
1.2 Statement of the problem 02
1.3 Objectives of Research 03
1.4 Methodology 04
1.5 Sources and Materials 04
1.6 Importance of the Research 04
1.7 Review of literature 04
1.8 Scope and Limitation 05
Chapter : 02
02 2.1 The concept of The Rights of Garment Workers 06
2.2 Definition of Garment workers 06
2.3 Right to Wages 06
2.4 Right to leaves and Holidays 07-08
2.5 Right to Welfare 08-10
2.6 Right to Compensation 10-12
2.7 Right to Leisure and recreation 12-13
2.8 Right to medical facilities 13-14
2.9 Right to participation in trade union 14-15
2.10 Right to safety in the workplace 16
2.11 Right to remedies under laws 16-17
Chapter : 03
03 Conclusion 18
Chapter : 04
04 Bibliography 19
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Table of Figure
Serial
No.
Title Name Page
No.
01 Figure 2.1: Garments workers in work place 06
02 Figure 2.2: Garments workers in residents staying on holidays 08
03 Figure 2.3: Garments workers want to his/her rights in work place 08
04 Figure 2.4: Garments workers strike in highway for getting rights in work
place
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05 Figure 2.5: Garments workers in medical 14
06 Figure 2.6: Garments workers rights under law 17
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Chapter: 01
1.1 Introduction:
The garment industry is by far the country’s most important manufacturer, earning around
$5 billion annually and accounting for about two thirds of all exports. Bangladesh has about
2,500 garment factories with up to 10 million livelihoods dependent on it directly or
indirectly. About 80 per cent of garment workers are women. The Ready Made Garments
sector has more potential than any other sector to contribute to the reduction of poverty.
Despite the phenomenal success of the RMG sector the working conditions and wages of
workers in the industry are cause for serious concern. Bangladesh’s current position as a
leading garments exporting nation needs to be consolidated. The economy-wide
reverberations of failure would be disastrous. We believe it is in everybody’s interest to
sustain this industry – an industry which changed the lives of so many people, particularly
women, in Bangladesh. The problems in the industry pre-date the riots which took place
just over a month ago and which were attended by deaths, injuries and the destruction of
property. Over the years, hazardous working conditions have resulted in the deaths of many
workers through factory fires and collapses. The Spectrum Factory building collapse of
April 2005 killed 64 people, injured over 70 and left hundreds jobless. In February 2006 a
fire destroyed the four-story KTS Textile Industries in Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong
again killing scores of mostly young and female workers. Workers, who are mostly young
women, also face an acutely difficult working environment – wages are low, hours are
long, forced labour is practiced, child labour exists, sexual harassment exists, freedom is
curtailed, whether it be locked doors or rights of association, and there are a multititude of
other practices which go against international labour standards and codes of conduct . At
the level of legislation and business dealings, lack of implementation of laws, restrictive
laws and unfair buying practices by buyers compound the issue of non-compliance. Above
this aspect my research paper I discuss various problems of the garments worker, their life
style, the concept of rights of garments workers and various reasons violation of rights of
garments workers.
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1.2 Statement of the problem:
The Garment industry is the most important source of foreign currency. Bangladesh has
about 2,500 garment factories and 10 million people are dependent one it directly or
indirectly an about 80 percent garment workers are woman. The garments sector has
become an important institution for reduction of poverty. But the workers face many
problems during working time and outside. The main problems faced by garments worker
are:-
Lower wages.
No leisure time.
Torture [physically and mentally]
Negative outlook to them of the society
1.3 Objectives of Research:
The research has the following objectives:-
To clarify the concept of rights Garment workers.
To examine the legal reasons for the protection of rights of garment workers.
To evaluate the measure for enforcement of rights of garment workers.
1.4 Methodology:
The present study explores the challenges of rights of garment workers in Bangladesh. It is
exploratory in nature based on a qualitative approach. The study also uses context analysis
and survey methods for collecting data and information.
1.5 Sources and Materials:
Those data and information collected from primary and secondary source. Primary sources
are:-
Convention, constitutional law, garment related people, the labor court etc. and secondary
sources are books, journals, articles, newspapers, internet and so on.
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1.5 Importance of the Research:-
This research will clarify the rights of the garment workers and will provide the legal
remedies for violation for their rights. I believe that, this research will be very helpful for
the readers and the garment workers. They will be able to know about their rights remedies
and process of enforcement of their rights The defines of any study will be helpful for the
legislative to repave the legislating to garment workers.
1.6 Review of literature:
Some of the book are Article published different are review below-
a) Mir Abdul Halim, Bangladesh Labour Laws, Sufi prokashoni, Dhaka, Bangladesh, First
published: July- 2011.
This book is not sufficient to know deeply about the Labour Laws. This book has not
explanation the right of freedom of speech. There is no explanation to the section.
Explanation should be added for clear explanation.
b) Md. Abdul Halim, The Bangladesh Labour code- 2006, first published: July- 2008.
This book is very helpful for the students because it has clear explanation, comment and
note of the section.
1.7 Scope and Limitation:
This research is on the Garment workers in Bangladesh. This research will define the
workers and will describe the importance and necessity of the Garment workers in
Bangladesh. This also will prescribe the rights and remedies of the Garment workers.
However it has limitation that is it will concentrate only on the garment workers in
Bangladesh, not for other workers.
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Chapter: 02
2.1 The concept of The Rights of Garment Workers
This chapter is mainly discussed about the concept of rights of garment workers in
Bangladesh. In this research we must know some concepts which are given bellow:
2.2 Definition of Garment workers
Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with needle and
thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic Era. There
are many definitions of garment workers as are-
A person who makes garments is called garment workers. Someone whose occupation is
making or repairing fur garments products is called garment workers. Someone says that
the persons who makes or mends dresses in the factory or garment industry is called
garment workers. In another sense, someone who does work as sewing or embroidery with
a needle someone who sells men’s clothes a garment maker who performs the finishing
steps person whose occupation is making and altering garments someone who does work as
sewing or embroidery with a needle.
Figure 2.1: Garments workers in work place
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2.3 Right to Wages
Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of
himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, medical care, necessary social
services, and the right to security.” Wages and benefits are one of the primary interests an
employee may have, and unfortunately, disputes over the payment of wages and provision
of benefits are not uncommon. There is a wide range of laws concerning wages and
benefits, and this section provides information on employees’ legal rights on those issues
including tips on overtime pay, employee health insurance, and retirement plans. All
employees are entitled to be paid for the work they have done. They are also entitled to be
paid if they are ready and willing to work but their employer has not provided them with
any work to do, unless your employment contract says otherwise. If you’re an employee,
you’re entitled to be paid if you can’t work because you are off sick or away from work on
maternity leave, paternity leave or adoption leave, or parental leave. You are also allowed a
certain number of days paid holiday a year. In most of these situations, you are entitled to
your usual wage whilst off work. There are some exceptions to these rules. For example,
parents on maternity leave, paternity or adoption leave, or parental leave, are entitled to a
certain amount of paid leave but the law sets out the rate at which this must be paid and it
may not be as much as their usual wage. If you are employee on sick pay, your contract
may give you less pay than your normal pay. By law, most employees are entitled to the
legal minimum statutory sick pay. Your contract may give you more pay than this.
You may be entitled to unpaid time off work in other circumstances, for example, in a
family emergency or on jury service.
2.4 Right to leaves and Holidays
Most workers have the right to take a minimum amount of paid holiday. This is
called statutory holiday. You have the right to take statutory paid holiday from work if
you are a worker. This includes people who work full-time, part-time, agency workers and
casual workers. Only people who are self-employed and a few other exceptions will not be
entitled to statutory paid holiday. The rules about statutory holiday apply regardless of how
long you have worked for your employer and regardless of how old you are. However, you
don’t have the right to statutory holiday if you’re a child under school leaving age. Before 1
April 2009, your right to paid holiday from work was 4.8 weeks. Your leave year may have
started before 1 April 2009 and carries on after 1 April 2009. If so, your annual leave will
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be worked out on a pro-rata basis 4.8 weeks pro rata for the period before 1 April 2009 and
5.6 weeks pro rata for the period from 1 April 2009. Your contract of employment may
give you the right to take more than the statutory amount of paid holiday. However, it
cannot give you less. If your contract gives you the right to take more than the statutory
amount of paid holiday, this is called contractual holiday. The law doesn’t say how much
contractual holiday you should get, or whether or not it should be paid, how much paid
holiday can take?
You are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks’ holiday a year. This is called statutory
holiday. To work out how many days holiday you can take a year, you need to multiply 5.6
by the number of days you work in a week.
Figure 2.2: Garments workers in residents staying on holidays
2.5 Right to Welfare
Work just isn’t working for too many in America today. The government agencies charged
with protecting workers’ health and safety have abandoned scores of regulatory priorities
and scaled back enforcement efforts, leaving millions of workers under-protected. Millions
of people work without such basic rights as paid sick days. Too many who try to organize
in order to negotiate improved working conditions in their workplaces end up fired or find
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their efforts undermined by anti-organizing campaigns. Those whose rights are violated
sometimes discover they lack meaningful remedies, as they either must depend on
government agencies that may not respond to their problems or face obstacles to exercising
their right to take their cases to court.
Figure 2.3: Garments workers want to his/her rights in work place
The Foundation’s Workers’ Rights Program supports groups seeking policy and system
reforms to improve the lives of low-wage working people, with a focus on securing their
basic legal rights to safe, healthy, and fair conditions at work. Specifically, the Program
makes grants to groups seeking reforms that will do the following:
Make Work Safe and Healthy– by preventing illness, injury, and death on the job, and
improving workers’ compensation;
Make Work Pay– by empowering workers to hold low-road employers accountable for
wage theft, misclassification, and contingent work abuse, particularly through policies that
create or improve private rights of action and fee shifting; and Build Workers’ Advocacy
Power by improving the ability of low-wage workers to act collectively for policy and
system reform.
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Additionally, the Program supports investigative journalism, national broadcast news
coverage, and other high-profile media and public education about workers’ rights issues.
This is available to those who have paid a specific number of social insurance
contributions, i.e. PRSI. The different payments usually have the term ‘benefit’ in the title.
If you are an EEA national, social security contributions paid in EU countries including
new accession states can be used for benefit claims. You can collect special forms from
your country before leaving, which will make it easier to make claims in Ireland. If you are
a non – EEA national you must have a valid immigration status in order to be eligible for a
social welfare payment. If you are an employment permit holder and you terminated your
employment involuntarily you may be eligible for contribution based payments if you have
paid sufficient PRSI contributions.
 Your residence in Ireland or the Common Travel area
 Your reasons for leaving Ireland or the Common Travel area
 Your employment record in Ireland and abroad
 Your main centre of interest
 Your future intention to remain in Ireland
If you are a non – EEA national you must have a valid immigration status in order to be
eligible for a social assistance payment. If you are an employment permit holder and
become unemployed and you don’t have enough PRSI contributions, you will have to pass
the Habitual Residence Condition in order to qualify for a social assistance payment. You
will receive the payment as long as your immigration status is still valid. If you do not
satisfy the Habitual Residence Condi Social Welfare Appeal If you disagree with the
decision of the Deciding Officer of the Social Welfare Services concerning your
entitlements, you have the right to appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. The
Appeals Office operates independently of the Department and is responsible for
determining appeals against decisions on social welfare statutory entitlements. It also deals
with appeals by persons dissatisfied with certain decisions made by Health Boards in
relation to Supplementary Welfare Allowance. Homeless services for migrant workers are
dependent on their immigration status. Therefore a range of options, albeit limited, are open
to people. For more information on this contact MRCI or the organization listed below.
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If you are homeless you should contact your local authority or call the free phone number
1800 724 for advice and information on accessing emergency accommodation. For more
information on different homeless services in Dublin see Cross care Map of Homeless
Services.
2.6 Right to Compensation
The purpose of this background paper is to lay out the fundamental principles and
guideposts of the right to compensation for injuries under general international law. In
effect, it is intended as an exegesis of the phrase “principles of international law or equity”1
in paragraph 11 of UN General Assembly Resolution 194 (III), adopted December 11,
1948, upon which Palestinian claims for refugee compensation are often based:
and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and
for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity,
should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible.
Such an analysis is necessary, in part, because General Assembly resolutions are not
binding in and of themselves. While most GA resolutions are mere recommendations made
pursuant to Article 10 of the UN Charter, in certain circumstances they can be considered
persuasive restatements of existing law or can, if repeated over time, “achieve the effect of
such binding force through the acceleration of the custom generating process or through the
doctrine of estoppels.”
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Figure 2.4: Garments workers strike in highway for getting rights in work place
Claims for relief under international law always begin with the law of state responsibility,
which is considered to consist of the “secondary rules” that determine the legal
consequences of failure to fulfill substantive legal obligations, which are considered the
“primary rules. According to the International Law Commission (ILC)’s 1996 Draft Rules
on State Responsibility, every act by a state which is wrongful under some “primary” rule
of international law imposes international responsibility on that state. Wrongful acts occur
when an injury is a) caused by conduct consisting of an action or omission which is
attributable to the State under international law; and b) that conduct constitutes a breach of
an international obligation of the State. It does not matter whether the “primary”
international obligation is found in customary law or treaty; nor does it matter whether the
same act is considered lawful by the state’s own internal law. However, a breach only
occurs “if the act was performed at the time when the obligation was in force for that
State.”
It has long been a general and undisputed principle of international law, going back to
Blackstone as well as Grotius that where there is a legal right, there is also a legal remedy
or action at law whenever that right is invaded. This is the flipside of the principle that
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states have the obligation to make restitution for their wrongful acts and violations of
international law. Resolving issues over the nature or extent of the reparation to be made
for the breach of an international obligation is, in fact, one of the functions of the
International Court of Justice (ICJ). “Ordinarily, emphasis is on forms of redress that will
undo the effect of the violation.”
2.7 Right to Leisure and recreation
Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The “need to do
something for recreation” is an essential element of human biology and psychology.
Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are
considered to be “fun”. The term recreation implies participation to be healthy refreshing
mind and body.
The term recreation appears to have been used in English first in the late 14th century, first
in the sense of “refreshment or curing of a sick person”, and derived from Old French, in
turn from Latin.
Humans spend their time in activities of daily living, work, sleep, social duties, and leisure,
the latter time being free from prior commitments to physiologic or social needs, a
prerequisite of recreation. Leisure has increased with increased longevity and, for many,
with decreased hours spent for physical and economic survival, yet others argue that time
pressure has increased for modern people, as they are committed to too many tasks. Other
factors that account for an increased role of recreation are affluence, population trends, and
increased commercialization of recreational offerings. While one perception is that leisure
is just “spare time”, time not consumed by the necessities of living, another holds that
leisure is a force that allows individuals to consider and reflect on the values and realities
that are missed in the activities of daily life, thus being an essential element of personal
development and civilization. This direction of thought has even been extended to the view
that leisure is the purpose of work, and a reward in itselfand “leisure life” reflects the
values and character of a nation. Leisure is considered a human right under the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights. Recreation is difficult to separate from the general concept
of play which is usually the term for children’s recreational activity. Children may playfully
imitate activities that reflect the realities of adult life. It has been proposed that play or
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recreational activities are outlets of or expression of excess energy, channeling it into
socially acceptable activities that fulfill individual as well as societal needs, without need
for compulsion, and providing satisfaction and pleasure for the participant. A traditional
view holds that work is supported by recreation, recreation being useful to “recharge the
battery” so that work performance is improved. Work, an activity generally performed out
of economic necessity and useful for society and organized within the economic
framework, however can also be pleasurable and may be self-imposed thus blurring the
distinction to recreation. Many activities may be work for one person and recreation for
another, or, at an individual level, over time recreational activity may become work, and
vice-versa. Thus, for a musician, playing an instrument may be at one time a profession,
and at another a recreation there is a lot more to do. Recreation is an essential part of
human life and finds many different forms which are shaped naturally by individual
interests but also by the surrounding social construction. Recreational activities can be
communal or solitary, active or passive, outdoors or indoors, healthy or harmful, and useful
for society or detrimental. A list of typical activities could be almost endless including most
human activities, a few examples being reading, playing or listening to music, watching
movies or TV, gardening, hunting, hobbies, sports, studies, and travel.
2.8 Right to medical facilities
Inadequate medical facilities and data may mar the efforts of the Taraba State government
to curtail the outbreak of meningitis in the state. Seventy-eight cases of meningitis have
been reported to the Taraba State Ministry of Health and five deaths recorded as at
Wednesday. However, only one case has been medically confirmed to be meningitis in the
10 out of 16 local governments of the state. Speaking in his office in Jalingo, the state
capital on the killer disease, Dr. Ebenezer Apaku, Director of Primary Health Care and
Disease Control, said most of the cases involve people living in the remote areas of the
state without access to adequate medical facilities. “The airborne disease usually occurs all
year round but during the dry or hot season, the prevalence is high. The level of
surveillance is also high.“We also need to confirm the strain of the bacteria. This is
important to give the right vaccination. If you give the wrong vaccine, you will not be
helping the patients. But from the isolated cases we are having, it has not reached the
threshold of epidemic now,” he said. Apercu disclosed that it is the policy of the Federal
Ministry of Health with the advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) that once
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the threshold of epidemic for meningitis has not been reached; there is no need to vaccinate
the affected community. But he did not say at what point the threshold will be reached. The
Medical Director of Zing General Hospital, Emmanuel Scheme corroborated the fact that
meningitis is usually on the prowl in the state during the hot season.“So far, we have one
unconfirmed case of meningitis in the hospital.
Figure 2.5: Garments workers in medical
2.9 Right to participation in trade union
The trade unions have always been denied any effective role in the garment sector and so
have little influence over the workforce or abilities as mediator’s relations. But every
worker along with the garment has a fundamental right to form and participate in trade
union. When disturbances reach a certain peak new promises are made to allow trade union
activity, but as unrest subsides most factory bosses maintain their refusal to concede to
allowing union representation. One of the most important functions of the trade unions is to
promote and train factory managers from among the workers and the masses of the working
people generally. At the present time we have scores of such factory managers who are
quite satisfactory, and hundreds who are more or less satisfactory, but very soon; however,
we must have hundreds of the former and thousands of the latter. The trade unions must
much more carefully and regularly than hitherto keep a systematic register of all workers
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and peasants capable of holding posts of this kind, and thoroughly, efficiently and from
every aspect verify the progress they make in learning the art of management. The trade
unions must take a far greater part in the activities of all the planning bodies of the
proletarian state, in drawing up economic plans and also programmers of production and
expenditure of stocks of material supplies for the workers, in selecting the factories that are
to continue to receive state supplies, to be leased, or to be given out as concessions, etc.
The trade unions should undertake no direct functions of controlling production in private
and leased enterprises, but participate in the regulation of private capitalist production
exclusively by sharing in the activities of the competent state bodies. In addition to
participating in all cultural and educational activities and in production propaganda, the
trade unions must also, on an increasing scale, enlist the working class and the masses of
the working people generally for all branches of the work of building up the state economy;
they must make them familiar with all aspects of economic life and with all details of
industrial operations from the procurement of raw materials to the marketing of the
product; give them a more and more concrete understanding of the single state plan of
socialist economy and the worker’s and peasant’s practical interest in its implementation.
The drawing up of scales of wages and supplies, etc., is one of the essential functions of the
trade unions in the building of socialism and in their participation in the management of
industry. In particular, disciplinary courts should steadily improve labour discipline and
proper ways of promoting it and achieving increased productivity; but they must not
interfere with the functions of the People’s Courts in general or with the functions of
factory managements. This list of the major functions of the trade unions in the work of
building up socialist economy should, of course, be drawn up in greater detail by the
competent trade union and government bodies. Taking into account the experience of the
enormous work accomplished by the unions in organizing the economy and its
management, and also the mistakes which have caused no little harm and which resulted
from direct, unqualified, incompetent and irresponsible interference in administrative
matters, it is most important, in order to restore the economy and strengthen the Soviet
system, deliberately and resolutely to start persevering practical activities calculated to
extend over a long period of years and designed to give the workers and all working people
generally practical training in the art of managing the economy of the whole country.
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2.10 Right to safety in the workplace
Employees have the right to a workplace that is reasonably free of safety and health
hazards. A federal agency the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
typically sets and enforces standards to ensure the safety and health of America’s workers.
Choose a link from the list below for information and tips on workplace health and
Workers’ right to workplace health and safety appear as standards in workplace health and
safety laws. These laws are known as “regulations”. It is illegal for an employer not to
follow a regulation. A regulation contains the minimum protection an employer must give a
worker against dangers to the worker’s good health and safety. The minimum protection is
defined as a standard. When an employer doesn’t set the workplace’s health and safety
standards as high as the standards found in regulations, then the regulations need to be
properly enforced. Government inspectors play an important role in the enforcement of
regulations by ensuring that employers are meeting the legal standards.
2.11 Right to remedies under laws
Bangladesh employs 3.4 million garment workers in 4,200 ready-made-garments (RMG)
factories that produce US$12.59 billion in export earnings, representing 78% of the
country’s total. Contributing nine percent of the gross domestic product, the industry is
directly or indirectly responsible for the employment of 24 million people. The minimum
wage is $43/month or about $10/week. This equals 20 cents an hour, the lowest wage, by
far, of any major garment producing country. Studies show that this wage fails to cover the
cost of the minimum nutritional needs of even a single worker, let alone her family. The
Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity was borne out of a worker movement to form the
first trade union in a factory sourcing for a garment retailer. Since the early 1990s, the
BCWS has had a long tradition of advancing workers’ rights by documenting labor abuses
and violations and strengthening the capacity of workers to advocate for themselves and
advance their own interests. BCWS is highly regarded by labor rights advocates world-
wide and by apparel companies as well. Levi Strauss & Co. has called BCWS “a globally
respected labor rights organization, which has played a vital role in documenting and
working to remedy labor violations in the apparel industry in Bangladesh.” The project has
been successful in providing women workers with a better/solid understanding of their
rights and the legal protections that they can invoke to defend them. It has also been
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successful in educating women workers about codes of conduct which they previously had
no knowledge of. Women now have the confidence to ask factory management about their
codes of conduct, to question the failure to implement their commitments and to negotiate
with management to defend their rights. To do this, trained female workers have taken the
initiative to organize their respective factory workers and to form female led unions . Many
women who hadn’t had the chance to attend the leadership training programs were able to
benefit from BCWS reading and educational materials and the organization’s broader
awareness raising campaigns. Among 14 factories, 4 became ready for union registration.
This is a truly remarkable victory, especially given the current political situation in
Bangladesh which has served to further limit the ability of workers to defend their rights.
Figure 2.6: Garments workers rights under law
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Chapter: 03
Conclusion
This chapter is mainly discussed about some concept of definition of garments workers,
rights of the garments workers in Bangladesh, rights to wages, rights to leave and holydays
and all rights of garments workers. There are lots of laws for the protection of rights of
garments workers in Bangladesh. But it not enforcement in proper way, in my research I try
to analysis it with very carefully.
This is the last chapter of my research and I found lots of information about rights of
garments workers in Bangladesh. In the last of my research I write down how we can protect
the garments workers rights and what can our government do for protecting the rights of
garments workers in Bangladesh.
Lastly, I discussion about the rights of garments workers in Bangladesh. Where the rights of
garments workers are violated in our country. The garments workers are very important and
essential person for our society. They work hard and soul everyday from morning to
evening. So our Government should take any action so that the rights of garments workers
are not violated.
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Chapter : 05
Bibliography
 Abdul Halim Mir, Bangladesh Labour Laws, Sufi Prokashoni, Dhaka, 2011.
 Md. Halim Abdul, the Bangladesh Labour Code, 2006. CCB Foundation, Dhaka, 2011.
 The Constitution of Bangladesh, Published by the Government, 2011.
 The constitution of Bangladesh, Published by the Government, 1972.
 The Bangladesh Labor Act 2006, Published by the Government, 2006
 www.negotiations.com/articles/collective-bargaining
 The Health and Safety Act 1992, Published by the Government.
 V. I. Lenin, Role and Functions of the Trade Unions, Progress Publishers, Moscow,
1965
 Yukic Thomas. Fundamentals of Recreation, 2nd edition. Harpers & Row, 1970,
Library of Congress 70-88646.
 Rehabilitation for Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental
Freedoms: Preliminary Report, 1990.
 www.umich.edu/~cibe/students/Azad-new.pdf
 www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/…e
 Public Welfare Foundation, 2010.
 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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“Rights of the Garment workers in Bangladesh”

  • 1. 1 “Rights of the Garment workers in Bangladesh:” Prepared By: Md. Abdul Alim Masters of Business Administration
  • 2. 2 Table of Content Serial No. Title Name Page No. Chapter : 01 01 1.1 Introduction 01 1.2 Statement of the problem 02 1.3 Objectives of Research 03 1.4 Methodology 04 1.5 Sources and Materials 04 1.6 Importance of the Research 04 1.7 Review of literature 04 1.8 Scope and Limitation 05 Chapter : 02 02 2.1 The concept of The Rights of Garment Workers 06 2.2 Definition of Garment workers 06 2.3 Right to Wages 06 2.4 Right to leaves and Holidays 07-08 2.5 Right to Welfare 08-10 2.6 Right to Compensation 10-12 2.7 Right to Leisure and recreation 12-13 2.8 Right to medical facilities 13-14 2.9 Right to participation in trade union 14-15 2.10 Right to safety in the workplace 16 2.11 Right to remedies under laws 16-17 Chapter : 03 03 Conclusion 18 Chapter : 04 04 Bibliography 19
  • 3. 3 Table of Figure Serial No. Title Name Page No. 01 Figure 2.1: Garments workers in work place 06 02 Figure 2.2: Garments workers in residents staying on holidays 08 03 Figure 2.3: Garments workers want to his/her rights in work place 08 04 Figure 2.4: Garments workers strike in highway for getting rights in work place 11 05 Figure 2.5: Garments workers in medical 14 06 Figure 2.6: Garments workers rights under law 17
  • 4. 4 Chapter: 01 1.1 Introduction: The garment industry is by far the country’s most important manufacturer, earning around $5 billion annually and accounting for about two thirds of all exports. Bangladesh has about 2,500 garment factories with up to 10 million livelihoods dependent on it directly or indirectly. About 80 per cent of garment workers are women. The Ready Made Garments sector has more potential than any other sector to contribute to the reduction of poverty. Despite the phenomenal success of the RMG sector the working conditions and wages of workers in the industry are cause for serious concern. Bangladesh’s current position as a leading garments exporting nation needs to be consolidated. The economy-wide reverberations of failure would be disastrous. We believe it is in everybody’s interest to sustain this industry – an industry which changed the lives of so many people, particularly women, in Bangladesh. The problems in the industry pre-date the riots which took place just over a month ago and which were attended by deaths, injuries and the destruction of property. Over the years, hazardous working conditions have resulted in the deaths of many workers through factory fires and collapses. The Spectrum Factory building collapse of April 2005 killed 64 people, injured over 70 and left hundreds jobless. In February 2006 a fire destroyed the four-story KTS Textile Industries in Bangladesh’s port city of Chittagong again killing scores of mostly young and female workers. Workers, who are mostly young women, also face an acutely difficult working environment – wages are low, hours are long, forced labour is practiced, child labour exists, sexual harassment exists, freedom is curtailed, whether it be locked doors or rights of association, and there are a multititude of other practices which go against international labour standards and codes of conduct . At the level of legislation and business dealings, lack of implementation of laws, restrictive laws and unfair buying practices by buyers compound the issue of non-compliance. Above this aspect my research paper I discuss various problems of the garments worker, their life style, the concept of rights of garments workers and various reasons violation of rights of garments workers.
  • 5. 5 1.2 Statement of the problem: The Garment industry is the most important source of foreign currency. Bangladesh has about 2,500 garment factories and 10 million people are dependent one it directly or indirectly an about 80 percent garment workers are woman. The garments sector has become an important institution for reduction of poverty. But the workers face many problems during working time and outside. The main problems faced by garments worker are:- Lower wages. No leisure time. Torture [physically and mentally] Negative outlook to them of the society 1.3 Objectives of Research: The research has the following objectives:- To clarify the concept of rights Garment workers. To examine the legal reasons for the protection of rights of garment workers. To evaluate the measure for enforcement of rights of garment workers. 1.4 Methodology: The present study explores the challenges of rights of garment workers in Bangladesh. It is exploratory in nature based on a qualitative approach. The study also uses context analysis and survey methods for collecting data and information. 1.5 Sources and Materials: Those data and information collected from primary and secondary source. Primary sources are:- Convention, constitutional law, garment related people, the labor court etc. and secondary sources are books, journals, articles, newspapers, internet and so on.
  • 6. 6 1.5 Importance of the Research:- This research will clarify the rights of the garment workers and will provide the legal remedies for violation for their rights. I believe that, this research will be very helpful for the readers and the garment workers. They will be able to know about their rights remedies and process of enforcement of their rights The defines of any study will be helpful for the legislative to repave the legislating to garment workers. 1.6 Review of literature: Some of the book are Article published different are review below- a) Mir Abdul Halim, Bangladesh Labour Laws, Sufi prokashoni, Dhaka, Bangladesh, First published: July- 2011. This book is not sufficient to know deeply about the Labour Laws. This book has not explanation the right of freedom of speech. There is no explanation to the section. Explanation should be added for clear explanation. b) Md. Abdul Halim, The Bangladesh Labour code- 2006, first published: July- 2008. This book is very helpful for the students because it has clear explanation, comment and note of the section. 1.7 Scope and Limitation: This research is on the Garment workers in Bangladesh. This research will define the workers and will describe the importance and necessity of the Garment workers in Bangladesh. This also will prescribe the rights and remedies of the Garment workers. However it has limitation that is it will concentrate only on the garment workers in Bangladesh, not for other workers.
  • 7. 7 Chapter: 02 2.1 The concept of The Rights of Garment Workers This chapter is mainly discussed about the concept of rights of garment workers in Bangladesh. In this research we must know some concepts which are given bellow: 2.2 Definition of Garment workers Sewing is the craft of fastening or attaching objects using stitches made with needle and thread. Sewing is one of the oldest of the textile arts, arising in the Paleolithic Era. There are many definitions of garment workers as are- A person who makes garments is called garment workers. Someone whose occupation is making or repairing fur garments products is called garment workers. Someone says that the persons who makes or mends dresses in the factory or garment industry is called garment workers. In another sense, someone who does work as sewing or embroidery with a needle someone who sells men’s clothes a garment maker who performs the finishing steps person whose occupation is making and altering garments someone who does work as sewing or embroidery with a needle. Figure 2.1: Garments workers in work place
  • 8. 8 2.3 Right to Wages Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing, medical care, necessary social services, and the right to security.” Wages and benefits are one of the primary interests an employee may have, and unfortunately, disputes over the payment of wages and provision of benefits are not uncommon. There is a wide range of laws concerning wages and benefits, and this section provides information on employees’ legal rights on those issues including tips on overtime pay, employee health insurance, and retirement plans. All employees are entitled to be paid for the work they have done. They are also entitled to be paid if they are ready and willing to work but their employer has not provided them with any work to do, unless your employment contract says otherwise. If you’re an employee, you’re entitled to be paid if you can’t work because you are off sick or away from work on maternity leave, paternity leave or adoption leave, or parental leave. You are also allowed a certain number of days paid holiday a year. In most of these situations, you are entitled to your usual wage whilst off work. There are some exceptions to these rules. For example, parents on maternity leave, paternity or adoption leave, or parental leave, are entitled to a certain amount of paid leave but the law sets out the rate at which this must be paid and it may not be as much as their usual wage. If you are employee on sick pay, your contract may give you less pay than your normal pay. By law, most employees are entitled to the legal minimum statutory sick pay. Your contract may give you more pay than this. You may be entitled to unpaid time off work in other circumstances, for example, in a family emergency or on jury service. 2.4 Right to leaves and Holidays Most workers have the right to take a minimum amount of paid holiday. This is called statutory holiday. You have the right to take statutory paid holiday from work if you are a worker. This includes people who work full-time, part-time, agency workers and casual workers. Only people who are self-employed and a few other exceptions will not be entitled to statutory paid holiday. The rules about statutory holiday apply regardless of how long you have worked for your employer and regardless of how old you are. However, you don’t have the right to statutory holiday if you’re a child under school leaving age. Before 1 April 2009, your right to paid holiday from work was 4.8 weeks. Your leave year may have started before 1 April 2009 and carries on after 1 April 2009. If so, your annual leave will
  • 9. 9 be worked out on a pro-rata basis 4.8 weeks pro rata for the period before 1 April 2009 and 5.6 weeks pro rata for the period from 1 April 2009. Your contract of employment may give you the right to take more than the statutory amount of paid holiday. However, it cannot give you less. If your contract gives you the right to take more than the statutory amount of paid holiday, this is called contractual holiday. The law doesn’t say how much contractual holiday you should get, or whether or not it should be paid, how much paid holiday can take? You are entitled to a minimum of 5.6 weeks’ holiday a year. This is called statutory holiday. To work out how many days holiday you can take a year, you need to multiply 5.6 by the number of days you work in a week. Figure 2.2: Garments workers in residents staying on holidays 2.5 Right to Welfare Work just isn’t working for too many in America today. The government agencies charged with protecting workers’ health and safety have abandoned scores of regulatory priorities and scaled back enforcement efforts, leaving millions of workers under-protected. Millions of people work without such basic rights as paid sick days. Too many who try to organize in order to negotiate improved working conditions in their workplaces end up fired or find
  • 10. 10 their efforts undermined by anti-organizing campaigns. Those whose rights are violated sometimes discover they lack meaningful remedies, as they either must depend on government agencies that may not respond to their problems or face obstacles to exercising their right to take their cases to court. Figure 2.3: Garments workers want to his/her rights in work place The Foundation’s Workers’ Rights Program supports groups seeking policy and system reforms to improve the lives of low-wage working people, with a focus on securing their basic legal rights to safe, healthy, and fair conditions at work. Specifically, the Program makes grants to groups seeking reforms that will do the following: Make Work Safe and Healthy– by preventing illness, injury, and death on the job, and improving workers’ compensation; Make Work Pay– by empowering workers to hold low-road employers accountable for wage theft, misclassification, and contingent work abuse, particularly through policies that create or improve private rights of action and fee shifting; and Build Workers’ Advocacy Power by improving the ability of low-wage workers to act collectively for policy and system reform.
  • 11. 11 Additionally, the Program supports investigative journalism, national broadcast news coverage, and other high-profile media and public education about workers’ rights issues. This is available to those who have paid a specific number of social insurance contributions, i.e. PRSI. The different payments usually have the term ‘benefit’ in the title. If you are an EEA national, social security contributions paid in EU countries including new accession states can be used for benefit claims. You can collect special forms from your country before leaving, which will make it easier to make claims in Ireland. If you are a non – EEA national you must have a valid immigration status in order to be eligible for a social welfare payment. If you are an employment permit holder and you terminated your employment involuntarily you may be eligible for contribution based payments if you have paid sufficient PRSI contributions.  Your residence in Ireland or the Common Travel area  Your reasons for leaving Ireland or the Common Travel area  Your employment record in Ireland and abroad  Your main centre of interest  Your future intention to remain in Ireland If you are a non – EEA national you must have a valid immigration status in order to be eligible for a social assistance payment. If you are an employment permit holder and become unemployed and you don’t have enough PRSI contributions, you will have to pass the Habitual Residence Condition in order to qualify for a social assistance payment. You will receive the payment as long as your immigration status is still valid. If you do not satisfy the Habitual Residence Condi Social Welfare Appeal If you disagree with the decision of the Deciding Officer of the Social Welfare Services concerning your entitlements, you have the right to appeal to the Social Welfare Appeals Office. The Appeals Office operates independently of the Department and is responsible for determining appeals against decisions on social welfare statutory entitlements. It also deals with appeals by persons dissatisfied with certain decisions made by Health Boards in relation to Supplementary Welfare Allowance. Homeless services for migrant workers are dependent on their immigration status. Therefore a range of options, albeit limited, are open to people. For more information on this contact MRCI or the organization listed below.
  • 12. 12 If you are homeless you should contact your local authority or call the free phone number 1800 724 for advice and information on accessing emergency accommodation. For more information on different homeless services in Dublin see Cross care Map of Homeless Services. 2.6 Right to Compensation The purpose of this background paper is to lay out the fundamental principles and guideposts of the right to compensation for injuries under general international law. In effect, it is intended as an exegesis of the phrase “principles of international law or equity”1 in paragraph 11 of UN General Assembly Resolution 194 (III), adopted December 11, 1948, upon which Palestinian claims for refugee compensation are often based: and that compensation should be paid for the property of those choosing not to return and for loss of or damage to property which, under principles of international law or in equity, should be made good by the Governments or authorities responsible. Such an analysis is necessary, in part, because General Assembly resolutions are not binding in and of themselves. While most GA resolutions are mere recommendations made pursuant to Article 10 of the UN Charter, in certain circumstances they can be considered persuasive restatements of existing law or can, if repeated over time, “achieve the effect of such binding force through the acceleration of the custom generating process or through the doctrine of estoppels.”
  • 13. 13 Figure 2.4: Garments workers strike in highway for getting rights in work place Claims for relief under international law always begin with the law of state responsibility, which is considered to consist of the “secondary rules” that determine the legal consequences of failure to fulfill substantive legal obligations, which are considered the “primary rules. According to the International Law Commission (ILC)’s 1996 Draft Rules on State Responsibility, every act by a state which is wrongful under some “primary” rule of international law imposes international responsibility on that state. Wrongful acts occur when an injury is a) caused by conduct consisting of an action or omission which is attributable to the State under international law; and b) that conduct constitutes a breach of an international obligation of the State. It does not matter whether the “primary” international obligation is found in customary law or treaty; nor does it matter whether the same act is considered lawful by the state’s own internal law. However, a breach only occurs “if the act was performed at the time when the obligation was in force for that State.” It has long been a general and undisputed principle of international law, going back to Blackstone as well as Grotius that where there is a legal right, there is also a legal remedy or action at law whenever that right is invaded. This is the flipside of the principle that
  • 14. 14 states have the obligation to make restitution for their wrongful acts and violations of international law. Resolving issues over the nature or extent of the reparation to be made for the breach of an international obligation is, in fact, one of the functions of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “Ordinarily, emphasis is on forms of redress that will undo the effect of the violation.” 2.7 Right to Leisure and recreation Recreation is an activity of leisure, leisure being discretionary time. The “need to do something for recreation” is an essential element of human biology and psychology. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment, amusement, or pleasure and are considered to be “fun”. The term recreation implies participation to be healthy refreshing mind and body. The term recreation appears to have been used in English first in the late 14th century, first in the sense of “refreshment or curing of a sick person”, and derived from Old French, in turn from Latin. Humans spend their time in activities of daily living, work, sleep, social duties, and leisure, the latter time being free from prior commitments to physiologic or social needs, a prerequisite of recreation. Leisure has increased with increased longevity and, for many, with decreased hours spent for physical and economic survival, yet others argue that time pressure has increased for modern people, as they are committed to too many tasks. Other factors that account for an increased role of recreation are affluence, population trends, and increased commercialization of recreational offerings. While one perception is that leisure is just “spare time”, time not consumed by the necessities of living, another holds that leisure is a force that allows individuals to consider and reflect on the values and realities that are missed in the activities of daily life, thus being an essential element of personal development and civilization. This direction of thought has even been extended to the view that leisure is the purpose of work, and a reward in itselfand “leisure life” reflects the values and character of a nation. Leisure is considered a human right under the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Recreation is difficult to separate from the general concept of play which is usually the term for children’s recreational activity. Children may playfully imitate activities that reflect the realities of adult life. It has been proposed that play or
  • 15. 15 recreational activities are outlets of or expression of excess energy, channeling it into socially acceptable activities that fulfill individual as well as societal needs, without need for compulsion, and providing satisfaction and pleasure for the participant. A traditional view holds that work is supported by recreation, recreation being useful to “recharge the battery” so that work performance is improved. Work, an activity generally performed out of economic necessity and useful for society and organized within the economic framework, however can also be pleasurable and may be self-imposed thus blurring the distinction to recreation. Many activities may be work for one person and recreation for another, or, at an individual level, over time recreational activity may become work, and vice-versa. Thus, for a musician, playing an instrument may be at one time a profession, and at another a recreation there is a lot more to do. Recreation is an essential part of human life and finds many different forms which are shaped naturally by individual interests but also by the surrounding social construction. Recreational activities can be communal or solitary, active or passive, outdoors or indoors, healthy or harmful, and useful for society or detrimental. A list of typical activities could be almost endless including most human activities, a few examples being reading, playing or listening to music, watching movies or TV, gardening, hunting, hobbies, sports, studies, and travel. 2.8 Right to medical facilities Inadequate medical facilities and data may mar the efforts of the Taraba State government to curtail the outbreak of meningitis in the state. Seventy-eight cases of meningitis have been reported to the Taraba State Ministry of Health and five deaths recorded as at Wednesday. However, only one case has been medically confirmed to be meningitis in the 10 out of 16 local governments of the state. Speaking in his office in Jalingo, the state capital on the killer disease, Dr. Ebenezer Apaku, Director of Primary Health Care and Disease Control, said most of the cases involve people living in the remote areas of the state without access to adequate medical facilities. “The airborne disease usually occurs all year round but during the dry or hot season, the prevalence is high. The level of surveillance is also high.“We also need to confirm the strain of the bacteria. This is important to give the right vaccination. If you give the wrong vaccine, you will not be helping the patients. But from the isolated cases we are having, it has not reached the threshold of epidemic now,” he said. Apercu disclosed that it is the policy of the Federal Ministry of Health with the advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) that once
  • 16. 16 the threshold of epidemic for meningitis has not been reached; there is no need to vaccinate the affected community. But he did not say at what point the threshold will be reached. The Medical Director of Zing General Hospital, Emmanuel Scheme corroborated the fact that meningitis is usually on the prowl in the state during the hot season.“So far, we have one unconfirmed case of meningitis in the hospital. Figure 2.5: Garments workers in medical 2.9 Right to participation in trade union The trade unions have always been denied any effective role in the garment sector and so have little influence over the workforce or abilities as mediator’s relations. But every worker along with the garment has a fundamental right to form and participate in trade union. When disturbances reach a certain peak new promises are made to allow trade union activity, but as unrest subsides most factory bosses maintain their refusal to concede to allowing union representation. One of the most important functions of the trade unions is to promote and train factory managers from among the workers and the masses of the working people generally. At the present time we have scores of such factory managers who are quite satisfactory, and hundreds who are more or less satisfactory, but very soon; however, we must have hundreds of the former and thousands of the latter. The trade unions must much more carefully and regularly than hitherto keep a systematic register of all workers
  • 17. 17 and peasants capable of holding posts of this kind, and thoroughly, efficiently and from every aspect verify the progress they make in learning the art of management. The trade unions must take a far greater part in the activities of all the planning bodies of the proletarian state, in drawing up economic plans and also programmers of production and expenditure of stocks of material supplies for the workers, in selecting the factories that are to continue to receive state supplies, to be leased, or to be given out as concessions, etc. The trade unions should undertake no direct functions of controlling production in private and leased enterprises, but participate in the regulation of private capitalist production exclusively by sharing in the activities of the competent state bodies. In addition to participating in all cultural and educational activities and in production propaganda, the trade unions must also, on an increasing scale, enlist the working class and the masses of the working people generally for all branches of the work of building up the state economy; they must make them familiar with all aspects of economic life and with all details of industrial operations from the procurement of raw materials to the marketing of the product; give them a more and more concrete understanding of the single state plan of socialist economy and the worker’s and peasant’s practical interest in its implementation. The drawing up of scales of wages and supplies, etc., is one of the essential functions of the trade unions in the building of socialism and in their participation in the management of industry. In particular, disciplinary courts should steadily improve labour discipline and proper ways of promoting it and achieving increased productivity; but they must not interfere with the functions of the People’s Courts in general or with the functions of factory managements. This list of the major functions of the trade unions in the work of building up socialist economy should, of course, be drawn up in greater detail by the competent trade union and government bodies. Taking into account the experience of the enormous work accomplished by the unions in organizing the economy and its management, and also the mistakes which have caused no little harm and which resulted from direct, unqualified, incompetent and irresponsible interference in administrative matters, it is most important, in order to restore the economy and strengthen the Soviet system, deliberately and resolutely to start persevering practical activities calculated to extend over a long period of years and designed to give the workers and all working people generally practical training in the art of managing the economy of the whole country.
  • 18. 18 2.10 Right to safety in the workplace Employees have the right to a workplace that is reasonably free of safety and health hazards. A federal agency the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) typically sets and enforces standards to ensure the safety and health of America’s workers. Choose a link from the list below for information and tips on workplace health and Workers’ right to workplace health and safety appear as standards in workplace health and safety laws. These laws are known as “regulations”. It is illegal for an employer not to follow a regulation. A regulation contains the minimum protection an employer must give a worker against dangers to the worker’s good health and safety. The minimum protection is defined as a standard. When an employer doesn’t set the workplace’s health and safety standards as high as the standards found in regulations, then the regulations need to be properly enforced. Government inspectors play an important role in the enforcement of regulations by ensuring that employers are meeting the legal standards. 2.11 Right to remedies under laws Bangladesh employs 3.4 million garment workers in 4,200 ready-made-garments (RMG) factories that produce US$12.59 billion in export earnings, representing 78% of the country’s total. Contributing nine percent of the gross domestic product, the industry is directly or indirectly responsible for the employment of 24 million people. The minimum wage is $43/month or about $10/week. This equals 20 cents an hour, the lowest wage, by far, of any major garment producing country. Studies show that this wage fails to cover the cost of the minimum nutritional needs of even a single worker, let alone her family. The Bangladesh Center for Worker Solidarity was borne out of a worker movement to form the first trade union in a factory sourcing for a garment retailer. Since the early 1990s, the BCWS has had a long tradition of advancing workers’ rights by documenting labor abuses and violations and strengthening the capacity of workers to advocate for themselves and advance their own interests. BCWS is highly regarded by labor rights advocates world- wide and by apparel companies as well. Levi Strauss & Co. has called BCWS “a globally respected labor rights organization, which has played a vital role in documenting and working to remedy labor violations in the apparel industry in Bangladesh.” The project has been successful in providing women workers with a better/solid understanding of their rights and the legal protections that they can invoke to defend them. It has also been
  • 19. 19 successful in educating women workers about codes of conduct which they previously had no knowledge of. Women now have the confidence to ask factory management about their codes of conduct, to question the failure to implement their commitments and to negotiate with management to defend their rights. To do this, trained female workers have taken the initiative to organize their respective factory workers and to form female led unions . Many women who hadn’t had the chance to attend the leadership training programs were able to benefit from BCWS reading and educational materials and the organization’s broader awareness raising campaigns. Among 14 factories, 4 became ready for union registration. This is a truly remarkable victory, especially given the current political situation in Bangladesh which has served to further limit the ability of workers to defend their rights. Figure 2.6: Garments workers rights under law
  • 20. 20 Chapter: 03 Conclusion This chapter is mainly discussed about some concept of definition of garments workers, rights of the garments workers in Bangladesh, rights to wages, rights to leave and holydays and all rights of garments workers. There are lots of laws for the protection of rights of garments workers in Bangladesh. But it not enforcement in proper way, in my research I try to analysis it with very carefully. This is the last chapter of my research and I found lots of information about rights of garments workers in Bangladesh. In the last of my research I write down how we can protect the garments workers rights and what can our government do for protecting the rights of garments workers in Bangladesh. Lastly, I discussion about the rights of garments workers in Bangladesh. Where the rights of garments workers are violated in our country. The garments workers are very important and essential person for our society. They work hard and soul everyday from morning to evening. So our Government should take any action so that the rights of garments workers are not violated.
  • 21. 21 Chapter : 05 Bibliography  Abdul Halim Mir, Bangladesh Labour Laws, Sufi Prokashoni, Dhaka, 2011.  Md. Halim Abdul, the Bangladesh Labour Code, 2006. CCB Foundation, Dhaka, 2011.  The Constitution of Bangladesh, Published by the Government, 2011.  The constitution of Bangladesh, Published by the Government, 1972.  The Bangladesh Labor Act 2006, Published by the Government, 2006  www.negotiations.com/articles/collective-bargaining  The Health and Safety Act 1992, Published by the Government.  V. I. Lenin, Role and Functions of the Trade Unions, Progress Publishers, Moscow, 1965  Yukic Thomas. Fundamentals of Recreation, 2nd edition. Harpers & Row, 1970, Library of Congress 70-88646.  Rehabilitation for Victims of Gross Violations of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms: Preliminary Report, 1990.  www.umich.edu/~cibe/students/Azad-new.pdf  www.adviceguide.org.uk/england/…e  Public Welfare Foundation, 2010.  United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.