Clean Clothes Campaign supports Bangladesh garment wage increases

Five years after Rana Plaza,the demands of Bangladeshi garment workers were finally invited to address their minimum wage concerns at a national Minimum Wage Board meeting, set to take place on July 8th. Workers propose an increase of the minimum wage from 5,300 taka (63 US dollars), some of the lowest wages in the global garment industry, to 16,000 taka (about 191 US dollars) per pay period.