Bangladesh has about 2,500 garment factories with up to 10 million livelihoods dependent on it directly or indirectly. About 80 per cent of garment workers are women. The Ready Made Garments sector has more potential than any other sector to contribute to the reduction of poverty. Despite the phenomenal success of the RMG sector the working conditions and wages of workers in the industry are cause for serious concern. Bangladesh's current position as a leading garments exporting nation needs to be consolidated. The economy-wide reverberations of failure would be disastrous. We believe it is in everybody's interest to sustain this industry - an industry which changed the lives of so many people, particularly women, in Bangladesh. But sometimes there is rise of labor unrest owing to low pay/wages to garments workers. Allout efforts by the concerned parties, viz, Industry, Workers and Government are required to combat labor unrest.
