Multinational Wage Minimum Clothing Enterprises Face Pressure Of Pay Rise For Garment Workers

Bangladesh clothing workers who manufacture clothing for Western brands such as H&M, Gap and Martha Marks&Spencer (Marks&Spencer) recently created a riot in the capital Dhaka, which burned their cars angrily and looted shops.

In this way, their wages have been raised by 80%.

They are the lowest paid people in the world.

"This is not enough money for workers and their families to make ends meet."

The Bangladesh authorities arrested three prominent labour activists, accusing them of causing disturbances.

The three men denied the charge.

However, Bangladesh workers' anger is a wake-up call for multinational retailers who want to avoid the impact of China's labor boom and labor costs and shift more production to other manufacturing centers in Asia.

The manufacturing centers in Asia, such as Bangladesh, Vietnam, Kampuchea and Indonesia, are cheaper than China at the beginning, but with the rising prices of food and other necessities, they are also faced with increasing labor movement and huge salary pressure.

"Labor force in the region

I F Te Islam, executive partner of Asian Tiger Capital Partners, based in Bangladesh, said: "the ability of employers to pay very low wages is decreasing."

Wage increases across Asia reflect that job opportunities are improving in economies that are growing faster than those in the West.

"Asia's economy is growing fast and dynamic, which is putting upward pressure on wages."

Islam says.

In Kampuchea, the government recently raised the minimum wage by 21% from $50 a month to $61.

This is lower than the level demanded by more militants in Kampuchea's 273 trade unions, but the workers did not really hold a 3 day strike.

In Vietnam, workers hit 200 strikes last year, with an inflation rate of up to 9%.

For example, in April last year, nearly 10000 workers from a Taiwanese shoe factory went on strike for a pay rise.