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1.	BKMEA Observes May Day 2009

2.	BKMEA President elected as a Board Member of IAF

BKMEA Observes May Day 2009

BKMEA, the one and only trade body with its tradition has observed historic May Day on 2nd May, 2009 like last year but on a bigger platform at Osmani Memorial Auditorium Dhaka with a promise to ensure and protect the interests of the working class. The association believes that there is no alternative of labor peace to uphold development. Therefore to facilitate a better owner-worker relationship, BKMEA has been undertaking different activities from the very beginning.

BKMEA President Mr. Fazlul Hoque is delivering welcome speech on May Day 2009

One garment worker, Ms. Shefali is expressing her feeling in the May Day 2009

The occasion was accompanied with various ingenious programs like: unwrapping of first ever workers’ newsletter- Shromobarta, awarding to 10 best labor friendly knitwear factories of 2009, handing over group insurance cheque to 18 demised workers’ family members and a gala program by first-rated cultural performance of workers.

A major attraction of the event was the award giving ceremony of “10 Best Worker Friendly Knitwear Industry 2009”. BKMEA with the Ministry of Labor and Employment awarded the factories in recognition of their commitment to labor rights and additional initiatives taken for workers’ welfare. The awarded factories of this year are- Dird Composite Textiles Ltd, Four H Fashions Ltd., Fakhruddin Textile Mills Ltd., Fakir Apparels Ltd., Grameen Knitwear Ltd., K.C. Apparels Ltd., Metro Knitting & Dyeing Mills Ltd., Midland Knitwear Ltd., S M Knitwears Ltd, and Square Fashions Ltd. Similar awards were also given last year and will be continued in the coming years.

10 Best Labor Friendly Knitwear Factories of 2009 with honorable guests

Another attraction of the event was the unwrapping of “Shromobarta”. The publication was unwrapped by the Labor and Employment Minister Engineer Khandoker Mossharaf Hossain, chief guest of the program. For the first time in Bangladesh, BKMEA has published this quarterly magazine solely for the RMG workers of Bangladesh. The newsletter contains writings from garment workers of BKMEA member factories. It is another pioneer initiative of BKMEA to persuade the inner cultural intelligence of the garment workers. BKMEA plans to publish this newsletter quarterly as a symbol of strong voice of our dedicated workers.

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Unwrapping of “Shromobarta”-the workers’ newsletter

The program ended with a majestic cultural event presented solely by the workers. Workers from member factories performed song, dance, magic; recitation etc with outstanding performance. BKMEA awarded to each performer for their excellent performance.

Cultural Performance by Workers in BKMEA May Day Program’09

Workers and guests are seen enjoying the event

BKMEA is delighted to inform that similar program will be arranged in next years also. The association believes that, May Day is not only for workers, but also for owners to bridge “the owner-worker relation” in a new dimension.

BKMEA President elected as a Board Member of IAF

Mr. Md. Fazlul Hoque, President of BKMEA has been elected as one of the respected Board Members of world’s largest apparel trade body ‘International Apparel Federation (IAF)’. The declaration came in the grand opening of the 24th World Apparel Convention at Maastricht of Netherlands on October 29-31, 2008. Trade associations and companies from about fifty countries (like USA, Germany, France, Turkey, and India etc) are actively participating in this prestigious federation. This is the first time in the history of IAF, through BKMEA; Bangladesh is being able to place the representation in the governing body of IAF. It’s recognition of Bangladesh Apparel Sector which is high potential in all respect. BKMEA expresses heartiest congratulation to Mr. Fazlul Hoque for guiding the sector with excellent leadership quality and being elected as a director of 16 members’ IAF executive committee.

Mr. Fazlul Hoque, President BKMEA; Mr.Vassilis Masselos, President, IAF
and Mr. Steve Jesseph, President WRAP during the IAF convention
on October 29-31, 2008 in Netherlands (Clockwise)