Due to lack of understanding and
cooperation between the local lawmakers, administrators and garment owners, it
has become quite tough for the government backed crisis management committees
to control the violence in the garment community. The committee has also shown
some mismanagement in their part, they are supposed to summon a meeting every
month to discuss the management issues of the crisis, which is however only
seen when there is a crisis taking place. This is a reason for which the labor
and employment ministry formed its own central crisis management committee and
five other committees based on five different zones back in 2010, for easier
management of specific sector problems.
The central crisis management is leaded
by the state minister for labor and Employment Munnojan Sufian, where the local
lawmakers are made the head of the zonal committees. This was predeceased by
the system of several zonal committees; which was headed by the deputy commissioners
of the districts and the lawmakers acted as the advisers. This system was later
replaced for better prevention of violence.
Not only does the local lawmakers get to
be part of the committee but so does the local administrative officers, owners of
the companies and the company workers. The meetings that were supposed to take
place once every month does not happen so mainly because of the busy schedules
of the lawmakers; leading to the meetings taking place only when there is
crisis outbreak. Some refute this by saying that not only is this because of
the lawmakers but everyone else as well, since not always can one synchronize
their time.
Whatever might the reason be this issue
could be easily resolved only if the garment owners and the BGMEA leaders
pushed the committee a little for the meeting regularly.
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