H & M, the Swedish multinational retail-clothing company and the world’s second-largest clothing chain, called for the Bangladesh government to increase the wages of the garment workers as this is the key issue for the development of the industry. Head of Media Relations at H&M Camilla Emilsson Falk on Thursday sent a comment to New Age through e-mail with regard to the ongoing negotiations of wages in the Wage Board.
According to the mail, H&M urged the government of Bangladesh and the parties in the Wage Board to come to a quick decision regarding the revised minimum wage which would mean an actual increase in real wages.
‘We perceive this as crucial for the workers in the garment sector as well as for the development of the industry as a whole,’ H&M said.
In September last year, during a visit to Dhaka, H&M chief executive Karl-Johan Persson had meet the prime minister and demanded increase of minimum wages and consider yearly wage reviews for the workers.
H&M is the biggest buyer of Bangladeshi readymade garment products, importing apparel worth $1.5 billion from Dhaka last year, according to the local exporters.
-With New Age input
