Monday, October 19, 2015

Violence In Garments Industry & It’s Impact On GSP Patr-I

Introduction:
 Bangladesh is a developing country with few large and some moderate size industries of different kinds. Among these, the fast growing ready-made garment (RMG) industries are the most prospective ones, earning the major portion of the country’s foreign currency and providing employment to a large number of female and male workers. This industry has successfully transformed Bangladesh into an export-oriented economy. Starting its journey in the late 1970s with a relatively small investment, the industry flourished between 1980s and 1990s and became the largest industry in Bangladesh. These industries made and can continue to make a substantial contribution to the economic development of the country. The substantial and conspicuous factors of RMG industry in Bangladesh are cheap labor cost, safe investments relative to other competing countries, congenial working atmosphere, government support, and a dynamic private entrepreneurship. All these factors have easily patronized Bangladesh to become a global partner in the garment business. Moreover, the industry has become a vehicle for further industrialization of the country. Other industrial sectors grow on the basis of an evolving garment industry. In spite of having an impressive performance, the RMG industry has several problems, especially in terms of frequent conflict and violence between workers and management. Frequent violence is a very common pervasive incident around the garments sector which makes all walks of people (workers, owners, buyers, investors) apprehensive towards its potentiality. Daily violence has become a common feature in the RMG industry.  There is a growing concern that violences are usually ignored by the owners of the RMG factories. Typically, the factory owners also actively control the role of management. This controlled management sometimes disregards some fundamental requirements of workers (like- minimum payment of wages, unjust payment of wages, irregular and untimely payment of wages, unfair dismissal and retrenchment, physical and verbal harassment, discrimination on the grounds of sexual, gender, racial, and religious aspects) which cause serious hindrance to the productivity and shipment of garments. When these requirements are ignored by the factory owners, workers become frantic to materialize their demands through stopping work, demonstration or even vandalism. In this state, the relationship between workers and management turns into turmoil and trepidation and overall economic and social condition of the country remain jeopardized. This is a severe threat to the topmost foreign exchange earning sector of Bangladesh. This paper is based on data collected from both management (owners, manager, and officers) and workers by using a questionnaire comprising close-ended as well as open-ended techniques, and by visiting garments premises as well as houses of workers to gather information. Following this introduction, the paper is structured as follows. The next section (Section II) provides a brief overview of Bangladesh’s RMG industry. Section III provides some background on the degree of violence in Bangladesh’s RMG sector, focusing on six major violences during December 2010 and June 2012. Section IV examines the main causes for violence, while section V provides some information on conflict resolution processes. Section VI presents the main findings and key recommendations before Section VII provides some conclusions. 

Overview of Some Recent violence in RMG Sector:
 Over the last few years, agitation among the RMG workers flared up in many RMG factories in Bangladesh. Many garment units were burnt and damaged by the unruly mob or so-called disruptive forces. Conflicts between workers and management of RMG industry are gradually increasing. Upward incidents of violence continue to hit the Bangladeshi apparel sector. The following are some details on major violence’s in the RMG sector between December 2010 and December 2013.

Violence of RMG Workers on December 12, 2010
 This RMG violence was considered one of the most catastrophic violences at the end of year of 2010. Both Dhaka and Chittagong mega city were quaked by the recurrent agitation of RMG workers. All 11 factories of Korean Youngone Ltd. in the Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) were shut down for an indefinite period following workers violence over wages. Meanwhile, in Narayanganj and Gazipur, at least 25 people at three garment factories were injured when the workers clashed with the management staff and ransacked vehicles, in protest against wages. Agitating workers at some of these factories of Youngone stopped work, staged demonstrations and beat up two top executives of the company, protesting "reduction" of wages despite implementation of the new pay scale. The demonstrators went on the rampage at two factories: Youngone Sports Shoes Industries Ltd (YSSIL) and Youngone Sportswear Ltd (YSL). They vandalized machinery, factory gates, windowpanes and a car. A CEPZ official, preferring anonymity, said the violence resulted from a "misunderstanding" over wages.  In Narayanganj, ten people were injured after the workers of Robin Tex BD Limited located at Bhulta Gausia village under Rupganj upazila blocked the Dhaka-Sylhet Highway and ransacked at least five vehicles alleging the authorities were not following the new salary scale. However, the government had declared the new scale effective from November. Sources said some 7,000 to 8,000 workers of Robin Tex BD Limited started demonstrations early morning instead of joining work. They locked the main gate from inside and confined the officials. They also ransacked furniture, computers and machinery of the factory. Later, the workers took to the highway, put barricade and ransacked the vehicles, halting transport movement for half an hour. Meanwhile, 15 persons were also injured in a clash among the officials and the workers of Moazuddin Textile Limited at Purba Chandra area and Knitwear Limited at Ratanpur village after they staged demonstrations in Kaliakoir upazila of Gazipur on the same demand. The factory authorities paid the workers' salary as per the old wage board. They started the demonstration protesting the old salary structure.
Violence of RMG Workers in Narayanganj on September 22, 2011
At least 10 workers including a journalist were injured when a clash ensued between the workers and management of Square Garments in Kachpur industrial area, Naryanganj. According to the workers, they demonstrated for a few days demanding the implementation of 16 points, including demands for increased salary and bonus, reduced overtime duty, provision of regular leave, stopping retrenchment of workers, ensuring payment of salary and allowances in due time, the end of oppression and harassment of workers, and the removal of the Managing Director from his post. Workers said instead of joining work in the morning they began to demonstrate ahead of their demands inside of the factory. At that time management side of the garments tried to resist the workers from chanting slogans and demonstration. Attack and counter attack resulted from this resistance. Agitated workers forcibly went to the managing director’s room and ransacked valuable documents and furniture. They lobbed the brickbats at the building and vandalized windowpanes. Workers of the Square garments immediately demanded the implementation of their demands and removal of managing director from his post. Workers announced the recession from work due to the non-compliance of their demands by the owners of the garments. 10 people from both of these sides were injured during the clash. Additional police were deployed in the garments.


Wednesday, February 11, 2015

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