Affiliate of IndustriALL Global Union, the Bangladesh Apparel Workers Federation (BAWF), has called upon the Bangladesh Government to adopt social protection programmes so as to guarantee the livelihoods of workers and their families.
A press release issued in this direction underlined that the BAWF, in a letter written to the State Minister for Labour and Employment, Begum Monnujan Sufian, on 21 April (Wednesday), made this request.
According to reports, as per the BAWF letter — on behalf of the Bangladesh Apparel Workers Federation, President Md. Towhidur Rahman and General Secretary Tahmina Rahman signed the letter — social protection is emerging as a key policy issue in South Asia, and social protection policies and programmes in Bangladesh need to be scaled up and become more systemic, transparent and inclusive, even as it went on to call upon the Government to initiate a consultation process with the undersigned unions to ensure that workers are protected in times of calamities such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
