In Bangladesh, the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) used its own method to calculate minimum wage in its working paper 106. Their study is undertaken to come up with a definition and method for calculation of the minimum wage based on the ILO Minimum Wage Fixing Convention, 1970 (No. 131). Based on the definition, the minimum wage has been estimated under three scenarios – poverty line, actual expenditure and aspirational diet. Considering the industry’s capacity, the study proposed a phase-wise implementation of the minimum wage under which about 80 per cent of the proposed wage (Tk. 8,200 or 105USD) equivalent to Tk. 6,500 could be provided in the first phase.
The WSM partner National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) refered to that study to advocate in 2013 for a minimum wage and would add 20% to it to become a minimum decent living wage. NGWF is currently trying to create consensus with other garment federations to demand minimum wages for the garment sector to be increased.
The WSM partner National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) refered to that study to advocate in 2013 for a minimum wage and would add 20% to it to become a minimum decent living wage. NGWF is currently trying to create consensus with other garment federations to demand minimum wages for the garment sector to be increased.
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