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Bangladesh seeks 77% rise in wage for garment workers
Bangladesh's wage board has proposed raising the minimum salary for garment industry workers by 77% to 5,300 takas ($68; £42) a month.
A string of fatal incidents have raised concerns over working conditions and low salaries in the sector - a key contributor to the country's economy.
Workers have held various strikes in recent weeks demanding higher wages.
However, the proposed increase is less than unions had demanded. They had sought more than 8,000 takas per month.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24800279
A string of fatal incidents have raised concerns over working conditions and low salaries in the sector - a key contributor to the country's economy.
Workers have held various strikes in recent weeks demanding higher wages.
However, the proposed increase is less than unions had demanded. They had sought more than 8,000 takas per month.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-24800279
That's at official exchange rates; an estimate of Purchasing Power Parity put the exchange rate at about 30 to the US dollar in 2010, and judging by the trend, that could be 35 by now. So call 5,300 takas $150 a month - up from $85 a month at present.