Executive Council Statement
In Support of the 3.5 Million Bangladeshi Garment Workers' Modest Wage Demand
… million mostly young women garment workers are demanding a modest minimum wage of 35 cents an hour, which would allow them to climb out of misery and at least into poverty. The current minimum wage, which has not been raised since 2006 despite … taka a month, which amounts to 35 cents an hour, $16.60 a week and $71.94 a month. The AFL-CIO will ask our government to work together with the government of Bangladesh to guarantee that Bangladesh’s workers have the right to freedom of association, to organize independent unions and to bargain collectively. The AFL-CIO urges the government …