There are several campaigns going on. Many people in the UK know that we
managed to win an 80 per cent wage increase for the lowest paid jobs in
the factories. This was agreed by tripartite negotiation and confirmed
by the government, but it is yet to be fully implemented. In many
countries of the global South, especially Bangladesh, the level of
implementation is very low. The ratification and implementation of many
international conventions is also lacking; the same can be said of the
2006 Bangladesh Labour Law. The minimum wage would not have been
increased without the NGWF. So our current campaigns focus on the
implementation of the new minimum wage and on improving health and
safety conditions at the workplace to avoid factory fires and workers’
deaths.
