BGMEA: 100% RMG factories pay Eid bonus

On the other hand 91% of August wages had been paid till Friday. BGMEA leaders claimed this at a press conference on labour situation in the export-oriented RMG industry in the city. They said the apex trade body of apparel sector monitored a total of 928 factories and found problems related to wages and allowance in 18 of them. “We have solved the factory problems, and hopefully, all factories will pay wages to their workers by Sunday,” said BGMEA president Md Siddiqur Rahman. Siddiqur thanked the bank authorities as the latters extended their support to provide wages and allowance for RMG workers of some factories. Labour leaders, however, ran counter to the BGMEA claim, saying still, there are problems in some factories, despite the fact that most factories have paid wages and allowance. Amirul Haque Amin, president of National Garment Workers Federation, said 95% of ready-made garment factories have so far paid festival allowances while 90% of them paid wages to their workers. A few factories were not willing to pay festival allowances and some provided partial wages for the month of August, he added.