BGMEA President Rubana Huq on Wednesday said roughly 19,19,600 readymade garment workers received salary among 24,72,417 workers of their member factories.
She said they have paid the salary of almost 78 percent of the workers. The rest will get their salaries within Thursday, she hoped.
We are trying to pay all workers within April 20, Rubana said.
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“We requested all banks to corporate with them during the coronavirus crisis. No worker will go without salary in March,” she said.
According to a source from BGMEA, a total 1,186 factories have been paid salary among 2,274 BGMEA member factories.