Different stakeholders including the trade bodies have made a 10-point recommendation, to ensure the occupational safety of tannery workers in Bangladesh.
According to media reports, the recommendations were made at a coalition building and advocacy meeting held recently in Dhaka, which include establishing a 50-bed hospital in tannery industrial estate.
Some amongst the recommendations are forming safety committees and strengthening activities to improve the occupational safety and security of workers and strengthening inspection activities; ensuring social compliance and developing eco-friendly and modern tannery industrial estate by fully implementing common effluent treatment plant (CETP) and graduating towards leather working group (LWG) certification; implementing minimum wage structure announced by the Government in every factory; taking quick and effective steps to implement all labour law provisions in tanneries; stopping employment through illegal contractor; restoring tannery sector to the continuity of the formal working sectors etc.
