Bangladesh May Investigate Child Labour And Forced Labour In The Domestic Garment Industry.

Bangladesh may make domestic ready-made clothes. clothing Investigations on child labour and forced labour are being carried out in all production sectors.

In view of the negotiations between the United States and Bangladesh on the signing of the TECF agreement, the Labor Department of the US Department of labor has asked an international investigative body, ICF Marco, to investigate the existence of child labour and forced labour in Bangladesh's garment manufacturing industry.

In the TECF negotiations, labour standard The problem remains an important issue. The purpose of the TECF agreement is to promote trade between the two countries.

ICF Marco, in turn, uses a Bangladesh non-profit organization to conduct research on RTM Internations.

Mr. Islam, executive director of RTM, said, "we are asking the government about this problem. If we get government approval, we will conduct an investigation. From the government's point of view, there is no problem of child labour in the formal and organized clothing industry in Bangladesh.

He explained: "if we get government approval, we will conduct a direct investigation to find out the social and economic background and whether there are child labor or forced labor in the production of Bangladesh clothing."

He said: "we will also investigate informal clothing enterprises. If we find any child labor or forced labor, our goal will be to find out what causes informal enterprises to employ child labor, and Bangladesh does not lack adult workers. Our survey will be based on several parameters, including wage differentials. "

The garment industry is the main foreign exchange industry in Bangladesh. There are about 5000 garment and garment manufacturing enterprises in the country, with nearly 4 million employees, of whom about 80% are women.