DHAKA – Fifteen leading global brands, including Adidas, Gap and Levi’s, have written a joint letter to the Bangladeshi prime minister calling for a significant increase in the minimum wage for the country’s garment workers.
A tripartite board was set up in March to review the minimum wage for garment workers – which has been BDT8,000 (US$75) a month since 2019 – but has still to reach a conclusion as garment workers struggle to make ends meet amidst spiralling inflation.
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