Fair wages

Fair wages

The workshop, organised by Fair Wear Foundation, brought together trade union federations, civil society organisations, multi-stakeholder initiatives (MSIs), and labour rights advocates to discuss Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence (HREDD) and the Fair Wear Code of Labour Practices (CoLP). Photo: Collected

Labour leaders urge factory owners to ensure fair wages and genuine freedom of association

The workshop also examined gaps between minimum wage compliance and actual living wages, highlighting issues such as undocumented and involuntary overtime, delayed wage payments, gender-based wage...

Around 5 lakh people are directly dependent on the tea industry. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain.

Can tea workers be included in reform talks?

Despite the passing of several laws, amendments over the years have not adequately addressed the workers’ needs. Photo: Syed Zakir Hossain

Will the tea workers ever get fair wages?

Photo: TBS

8 Congress members urge US apparel assoc to back Bangladesh RMG workers' wage demand

Garment workers on Thursday (2 November) blocked the main road at Mirpur-11 in Dhaka for the third consecutive day demanding pay hikes. Photo: TBS/Zia Chowdhury

Law enforces fire sound grenades, tear shells to disperse agitating workers in Mirpur

Buyers talk about fair wage but not fair price

Buyers talk about fair wage but not fair price