A government agency recently provided the BGMEA with a list of 1,107 out of 2,438 survivors of Rana Plaza collapse, who were employees of the five garments factories housed in the building, asking the trade body to give the workers jobs.
In response, the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association on Tuesday sent letters to its members, asking them to inform the trade body how many workers each of them would be able to employ in their factories. The trade body in the letter also mentioned 28 posts against which the workers to be recruited.
BGMEA vice-president Sahidullah Azim told New Age that they were committed to rehabilitating the survivors of Rana Plaza collapse and all of the workers would get jobs soon.
‘We have sent letters to the BGMEA member factories and already got good response from the factory owners,’ he said.
Azim said, ‘No worker (who is interested to work) will remain jobless as there is 25 per cent worker shortage in the garment sector.’
Rana Plaza building at Savar that housed five clothing factories, a shopping mall and a bank collapsed in the morning of April 24, leaving more than 1,100 people dead and many others injured.
After the tragic incident, the BGMEA had made an announcement that it would provide the survivors of the collapse with jobs under a rehabilitation programme.
Under the programme, the trade body recently finalised a list of 1,107 workers to give them jobs.
Of the 1,107 workers, 389 will be recruited as operators, 175 as helpers, 101 as sewing assistants, 91 as supervisors, 47 as finishing assistants, 31 as cutting assistants and 26 as finishing helpers. The rest will be recruited against other posts mentioned in the BGMEA letter.
-With New Age input
