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Related Keywords: Bangladesh Accord, concern in Bangladesh garment industry, extending an agreement, four million apparel workers, global brand, into national regulations, labour union, legally binding, low wage, poor working conditions, promising more stringent safety checks, protect garment workers, trade union

Poor working conditions and low wages have long been a concern in Bangladesh’s garment industry, to protect garment workers Bangladesh will be extending an agreement into national regulations, promising more stringent safety checks for its 4 million apparel workers, a labour union said.

The Bangladesh accord runs to May 2018, but the government has agreed for it to continue beyond that date until a national regulatory body is ready to take over monitoring, a trade union said Tuesday.

Related Keywords: address problems, broad coalition of industry organizations, civil society organization, dangerous working condition, Dutch government, environmental pollution, sustainability of international garment, tabled agreement to achieve practical improvement, textile supply chain, trade union

The Dutch government with a broad coalition of industry organizations, trade unions, civil society organizations have tabled an agreement to achieve practical improvements in and ensure the sustainability of the international garment and textile supply chain. For example, they want to address problems such as dangerous working conditions and environmental pollution.

Related Keywords: co-operative textile mills, dyeing, exporter of cloth, gradual closure, Indore Cloth Market Traders' Association, Indore MP and Lok Sabha Speaker, Indore textile industry, knitting, Sumitra Mahajan, Textile mills, trade union

Indore once had seven textile mills and was main exporter of cloth to several parts of the country. The gradual closure of seven mills left thousands of workers unemployed. In the last three decades, several attempts have been made by different organizations and trade unions to revive at least one textile mills. But all attempts failed.