BANGLADESH GARMENT MANUFACTURERS & EXPORTERS ASSOCIATION
01 Ensuring Dignity...
Recruitment of workers in Bangladesh RMG industry has been formalized; now the workers have due recognition with appointment letter and ID cards. They also enjoy job facilities, including earned leave, maternity leave, festival bonuses etc.
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is seen handing over cheque to the 1st prize winner of the first edition of workers musical talen show Gorbo while BGMEA Leaders are present.
Nurturing Workers Talent BGMEA arranged two editions of musical talent hunt program for garment workers where the Champion was awarded with Tk one million, while the first and second runner-ups with Tk half a million each. Many individual garment factories of Bangladesh also arrange annual cultural and sports competitions like musical show, fashion show, football match, cricket tournaments etc for their workers. The pictures accommodated in these pages are the telltale evidence of the fact.
Day Care Day care for the children of garment workers has become a common feature at almost all the apparel factories of Bangladesh.
Health & Hygiene
RMG factories in Bangladesh are taking new initiatives every day to introduce good health and hygiene practices. The factories commonly provides with safe drinking water and spacious dining room. Some factories offer free lunch, plus food allowance to their workers. Some factories even introduced innovative practice like giving sanitary napkin to female garment workers for menstruation.
01 Ensuring Well-being...
A good number of garment factories in Bangladesh offer treatment and medical facilities such as medical center, pathology tests, medicines to their workers and employees at free of cost. BGMEA also runs 12 health centers and a full-fledged hospital in Chittagong that provides healthcare facilities and medicines to more than 60,000 garment workers per year at free of cost.
School and Scholarship for Workers Children Some apparel factories in Bangladesh have set up schools for the children of their workers which offer quality education and study materials at free of cost. BGMEA also runs five such schools for garment workers children and provides books and stipends to meritorious students. A good number of individual garment factories also provide scholarships to the meritorious children of their workers. KHEA, the education assistance program of Epyllion Group, offers a beacon of hope to the children of its workers. Launched in 2012, a total of about five hundred meritorious children of the workers have so far been provided with scholarships under the KHEA Program.
Employment of People with Disablities & Autism The readymade garment (RMG) industry which created employment for millions of people in Bangladesh has also become a blessing for many disabled. Several garment factories has offered jobs to disabled people ensuring work environment conducive to their style. A single garment unit in the country namely Keya Composite has employed at least one thousand hearing impaired workers. BGMEA has also promised to create job opportunities for autistic people in the RMG sector.
Discussants are seen on stage at a dialogue on 'Capacity building and employment of persons with autism in the RMG industry' recently organized by BGMEA at its auditorium. Saima Wazed Hossain, Chairperson, National Advisory Committee on Autism and NDDs, attended the program as Chief Guest.
Dormitory & Fair-price Shop The under-construction dormitory which is being established by BGMEA and Chittagong Development Authority for female garment workers in the port city of the country
A Fair-price Shop run by DBL Group. A number of garment factories in Bangladesh has set up dormitories to provide accommodation facilities to their workers. BGMEA and Chittagong Development Authority are setting up a six-storey dormitory for the female garment workers at the port city of the country, which at its final stage of construction. A few factories run unique Fair-price Shops on their factory compound from where their workers can buy all essential commodities at nominal cost. Dormitory of Envoy Group for their garment workers.
Employment for Tribal People In a bid to help marginal communities to go forward, some apparel units of Bangladesh offered jobs to tribal people.
Green Revolution...
Garment factories in Bangladesh are going green. The country has already at least 18 garment factories certified LEED by the United States Green Building Council (USGBC). Moreover, 67 more garment factories have enlisted their names in the USGBC, all of which are expected to secure LEED certifications by the end of 2016.
Modern ETP at a garment factory Solar panels at a garment factory
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