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Bangladesh raises monthly minimum wage for garment workers to $113 following weeks of protests
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Bangladeshi garment factory workers demanding better wages block traffic and clash with police at Dhaka-Mirpur area in Bangladesh, Thursday, Nov.2, 2023. - photo by AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh announced a new salary structure on Tuesday for protesting garment factory workers with a 56% increase in the monthly minimum wage to $113 from the previous $75, a decision rejected by some workers' groups as too small. State Minister for Labor and Employment Monnujan Sufian announced the decision after a meeting of a government-formed wage board made up of representatives of factory owners and workers. She said the new pay structure will take effect Dec. 1.