BANGLADESH AGREES ON ACTION PLAN TO IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS, ILO SAYS

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BANGLADESH AGREES ON ACTION PLAN TO IMPROVE WORKING CONDITIONS, ILO SAYS
New York, May 4 2013 2:00PM
Bangladeshi lawmakers will receive an agreed upon labour reform
package as soon as next month to improve the nation's working
conditions, the United Nations labour organization today said wrapping
up a high-level visit to the South Asian country still reeling from
the deadly collapse of a garment factory.

The package "would improve protection, in law and practice, for the
fundamental rights to freedom of association and the right to
collective bargaining, as well as occupational safety and health," the
UN International Labour Organization (ILO) <"
http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/activities/statements-speeches/WCMS_212463/lang--en/index.htm
">said in a joint statement issued also on behalf of the tripartite
partners, who include representatives of the Government, employers and
workers.

ILO and its tripartite partners also urged an assessment by the end of
the year of the "structural building safety and fire safety of all
active export-oriented ready-made garment factories in Bangladesh, and
initiate remedial actions, including relocation of unsafe factories,"
according to the statement.

"The tripartite partners call on the ILO to assist in the mobilisation
of the technical and financial resources required to undertake the
assessment."

Among other suggestions for short and medium-term improvements agreed
upon during the 1-4 May ILO visit, the group called for the hiring of
200 additional inspectors within six months and a budget increase for
800 inspectors, as well as skills and retraining programmes for
injured workers.

At least 345 people were killed and thousands injured when the
eight-storey Rana Plaza building collapsed on 24 April on the
outskirts of the capital, Dhaka. Another 100 people were killed in
recent fire accidents at Tazreen Fashions Limited and Smart Export
Garments. The incidents spurred an outcry of support, including from
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the ILO.

Addressing senior Government officials in Dhaka on 1 May or May Day --
a historic day for workers' solidarity -- Gilbert Fossoun Houngbo, ILO
Deputy Director General of Field Operations and Partnerships and head
of the ILO high-level visit, reiterated the UN's commitment to support
Bangladesh on steps taken to advance the rights of workers but
cautioned about the need to address the challenges that remain.

"There is a high road to export competitiveness that leads to
inclusive growth and poverty reduction. There is a low road to
competiveness too. However it leads to the tragedies you are living
with today,"<"http://www.ilo.org/global/about-the-ilo/media-centre/statements-and-speeches/WCMS_212189/lang--en/index.htm">stressed
Mr. Houngbo.

"It is not a road out of poverty. It is a trap where low productivity,
poor working conditions, low value-added production block social and
economic progress."

May 4 2013 2:00PM
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