1. The garment industry is a key export sector for Bangladesh, generating $5 billion annually and employing 3 million workers, 90% of whom are women. 2. The report examines the working conditions, importance of trade unions, and activities of Ayesha Washing Ltd, a garment factory in Bangladesh. 3. Interviews with 30 Ayesha Washing Ltd workers found that while their working environment was suitable, they had no trade union to protect worker rights. Most workers lacked knowledge about trade unions.

1. Prepared for:
Nazmun Nahar
Senior lecturer in
Management
Prepared By:
Jannat Ara Binte
Zaman 10104026
Zinat Ara Purnima
110104034
Romana Akter
110104002
Mobaidul Islam
110104007
Sohag Sikder
110204213

2. Industrial working
conditions and Trade
Unions in Bangladesh
A case study on Ayesha
Washing Ltd.

3. The garment industry of Bangladesh has been the
key export division and a main source of foreign
exchange for the last 25 years. At present, the
country generates about $5 billion worth of
products each year by exporting garment. The
industry provides employment to about 3 million
workers of whom 90% are women.
The annual export income of garments sector is
driven from two sources one is woven garments
and others is knit wear.
Bangladeshi garments industry has some severe
problems.

4. Throughout this report different activity of AYESHA
WASHING LTD is discussed. In this reports the following
objectives will be persuades:
 Understanding working condition of garments industry.
 Understanding the Importance of garments Industry in
Bangladesh.
 Introduction of garments Industry in Bangladesh.
 Various activities of the garments Industry in Bangladesh.
 Evaluating the garments Activities and performance.
 Knowing the Trade Union of the garments Industry.
 Knowing the real practice of trade union.
 Knowing the working environment of the workers.
 Knowing their rules and regulations.etc.

5. We got familiarized with the garments institution as
we have been assigned in Limited. I have gathered
experience and knowledge about the activities of
garments Industry from AYESHA WASHING
LTD. The area of concentration of this report is
confined in investigating different aspects of the
garments Industry activities, problems, and
prospects. This report will helpful to the
organization to know the workers psychology.

6. Several authors have analyzed aspects of the garment
industry in Bangladesh. Of the various aspects of
the industry, the problems and the working
conditions of female workers have received the
greatest attention.
There are several studies including the Bangladesh
Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) study by
Salma Chowdhury and Protima Mazumdar (1991)
and the Bangladesh Unnayan Parisad (1990) study
on this topic

7. This report has been made on the basis of different
kinds of information.
 The primary information has been collected from
the Institutional executives and as well as some
general labor of the garments.
 Secondary information was gathered from annual
reports and other published paper. We use another
2 methods. Such as:
 Statistical Method (Pie chart, Bar chart).
 Questionnaire (first we develop some question,
make survey over it then prepare this report)

8. Ayesha Washing Ltd. is a private limited company,
which was incorporated on 10 May 2006 with a
mission to improve the quality of human life by
providing innovative washing process and dyeing
facility.
Ayesha Washing Ltd. is a branch of Palmal Group
where cloths from different sector of Palmal Group
come and washed here which is situated in
Jamgora, Ashulia, Savar, Dhaka.

9. 1. Head Office is at Tejgaon I/A, Dhaka
2. Chittagong
3. Dhaka
4. Khulna
5. Sylhet

10. Bangladesh Perspective
Garment workers are facing the axe for attempted
unionization. The government is going to convert
Workers Welfare Associations (WWA) into trade
unions to allow the readymade garment workers
for the formation of trade unions at the factories
located at the Export Processing Zones (EPZs),
as part of a move to fulfill the US conditions, for
regaining the suspended GSP facilities.

11. 1. Type of garments worker
2. Home workers
3. Female Employment
4. Flexible Production
5. Sweatshop Conditions & Very Low Wages
6. Hours
7. Invisibility and Lack of Oversight
8. Occupational Health and Safety
9. Policies & Programmed
10. Organization & Voice

12. Trade Union in Bangladesh
 Commenting on the trade unionism in the RMG sector, the
minister Tofail Ahmed, however, categorically said,
“Though there has been no trade union in the US so far, but
they are forcing us to allow trade union Bangladesh.
 Bangladesh amended the labor law in July 2013 amid
widespread criticism following the collapse of the Rana
Plaza building, which killed more than 1,100 people
 The DoL has only 149 registered TU for garments sectors
despite the workers' desire and lawful premises to form TU
at 5000 plus. Of the 149 TUs, 125 are in Dhaka zone and
remaining 24 are in Chittagong division.
 Most of the registered trade unions in the garments sector
got registration before nineties and a few 10 to 12 numbers
of registration got in the last two years.

13. Findings & Analysis
We survey approximately 30 workers of Ayesha
Washing Ltd on their working conditions and
about their trade union in the organization and the
findings are follow:

17. 1. How is your working environment?

36. 20. Do you have any trade union?
Trade union
Yes
No

37. Membership
Yes
No

38. Meeting
Yes
No

39. Right protection
Yes
No

40. Co-operative
Yes
No

41. Performance
Active
Inactive

42. SWOT Analysis
Strengths
 An enthusiastic company with a strong, infectious
leader.
 A well designed training program to share and capture
intellectual capital for the organization.
Dedicated employees.
Weaknesses
 Labor-intensive industry.
 Inherent time lag when building goodwill and trust.
 The difficulty of establishing brand equity as a start-up
company.

43. Opportunities
 A large percentage of the market that is unaware of Ayesha
Washing ltd.
 Shifts in consumer consumption habits that are moving
toward increased utilization of washing services.
 A business model that is easily scalable.
Threats
 Employee turnover.
 The entrance of a serious competitor.

44. Working condition
 All the sector and department should be suitable to the workers.
 Arrange refreshment program for all workers to make them
fresh and more attentive to their work.
 No discrimination between male and female worker.
 Give reward to the workers to motivate them.
 Providing lunch facility.
 Maintain good relationship to the worker.
Trade Union
 Workers should establish a trade union to protect their rights.
 Bring equality among worker.
 Select an active union leader who will work for them.
 Maintain good relation to employers.
 To raise workers voice.

45. Ayesha washing Ltd is one of them of Radiate Garment
Industry. Ayesha Washing Ltd follows the nation law.
This company provides compensation to cover the living
standard expense. Ayesha Washing Ltd sometime does
not able to pay the worker salary in proper week time
schedule for this reason workers are dissatisfied company
always prepared to pay compensation for insured
workers. Ayesha Washing Ltd has no Trade union to
protect workers right .Most of the worker have no
knowledge about Trade union also unknown them .The
company does not use any physical punishment, mental
and verbal abuse for any types of fault occurred by the
workers.

46. Hope its was not bad and
thanks to every one.