EU stresses labour law amendment

The visiting members of European Parliament has laid emphasis on addressing issues related to full alignment of respectively, the EPZ draft law, the amendment to BLA (Bangladesh Labour Act), with the United Nations core Labour Convention modalities for establishing trade unions and the right of trade unions to operate freely before the review of the Sustainability Compact in Dhaka on May 18 and the annual International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva in June.

“Since our arrival in Dhaka we raised these matters with the Speaker of the Parliament, the Minister of Commerce and of the State Minister of Labour and Employment, the BGMEA, the brands and labour representatives as well as the ILO,” said Arne Leitz while addressing a press conference at the office of the European delegation in Dhaka yesterday.
“We also had the honour to be received by Her Excellency, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. We felt a readiness and good will from all parties to engage on this issue and are hopeful that this will translate into concrete progress before the May review of the Sustainability Compact in Dhaka and the Geneva ILO conference in mid-June,” he said.

EU stresses labour law amendment

The visiting members of European Parliament has laid emphasis on addressing issues related to full alignment of respectively, the EPZ draft law, the amendment to BLA (Bangladesh Labour Act), with the United Nations core Labour Convention modalities for establishing trade unions and the right of trade unions to operate freely before the review of the Sustainability Compact in Dhaka on May 18 and the annual International Labour Conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) in Geneva in June. Since our arrival in Dhaka we raised these matters with the Speaker of the Parliament, the Minister ofCommerce and of the State Minister of Labour and Employment, the BGMEA, the brands and labour representatives as well as the ILO, said Arne Leitz while addressing a press conference at the office of the European delegation in Dhaka yesterday. We also had the honour to be received by Her Excellency, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. We felt a readiness and good will from all parties to engage on this issue and are hopeful that this will translate into concrete progress before the May review of the Sustainability Compact in Dhaka and the Geneva ILO conference in mid-June, he said.