Workers in Canadian Tire's supply chain not paid 'living wages,' union complains via financialpost
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The South Asian nation, whose economy heavily depends on its garment industry, has made strides to ensure worker safety since the collapse of the Rana Plaza clothing factory in 2013 that, unions said. But they said the country’s minimum wage for garment workers — about $104 per month — isn’t enough to support families.
Bangladeshi garment workers who work eight hours a day, six days a week, should be paid four to five times more than they currently are to earn a “living wage,” he added., the country’s largest group of garment factory owners, said clothing workers are better paid than workers in other sectors, and they are trying to find ways to increase that pay.
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