Vigil over garments sector

In this context, the formation of 15 teams by the government to oversee implementation of the agreed upon provisions of the MoU is a move in the right direction. It is indeed of vital importance that the MoU is executed expeditiously and without any further ado. We have to remember that even now some companies are witnessing labour unrest. Without going into the causes of turmoil which have been covered extensively by the media, the fact remains that RMG workers have had a raw deal for more than a decade. Their mistrust of factory owners and managements will not taper off unless some confidence building measures precede actual implementation of the MoU.

Now that an agreement has been reached and the teams for supervising the progress of implementation are in place, the process must not be allowed to be bogged down in bureaucratic red tape as we have seen in the case of many a team formed to oversee different other operations of the government and ending in a fiasco.

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Already the recent turmoil has caused considerable loss to the regular flow of foreign exchange earnings from this sector. We wish the government, BGMEA and workers' leaders all success.