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Working Lives and Social Protection Unit
The Unit
undertakes research into all aspects of working lives and social security, emphasizing
equality and social justice and provide analysis in support of trade unions,
social movements and public and private sector organizations. Research
considerations of the Unit include: economic security, educational and workforce
prospects, and family stability of low-income persons.
Programme Areas
- Poverty, Welfare
& Income Security
Welfare reform, low-wage workers, social security reform
- Work & Family
Paid and unpaid family leave, child care, flexible work arrangements,
changing family and work structures
- Employment,
Earnings & Economic Change
Pay equity, affirmative action, the wage gap, part-time and contingent work,
women and unions, unemployment
insurance
- Health & Safety
Access to health insurance, costs and benefits of preventative health
services, Occupational safety, domestic violence
- Democracy and
Society
Workers' political participation, as activists, voters, candidates, and
policy makers, tax and budget policy
Publication
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National Minimum Wage for Workers’ Socio-economic
Security: Rights, Realities and Way Forward
The paper exposes the fallacies of current debate on
minimum wage and orthodox emphasis on ‘flexibility’ in
labour market in Bangladesh. The paper amply
demonstrates the necessity of national minimum wage at
a level that ensures rights to live in dignity along
with rights in work and rights to work in just and
favourable conditions.
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Workers Income Security and Minimum Wage in
Bangladesh in the Era of Globalisation
The
report analyses recent developments, departing from a narrow
economic focus to include the workers' perspective. Issues of
workers' rights and entitlements, including the rights to
participate in decision-making that affects their lives, are rarely
given attention. This paper is built on the basic democratic
principle that not only should workers' voices be heard, but also
they should have a seat at the decision-making table, and argues for
strategic interventions which are compatible with justice and
rights.
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Bangladesh: Poverty And Employment, Lost In The Queue
The
monograph provides details on the employment scenario in Bangladesh
and brings out the link between employment and poverty. The paper,
through answering why is productive employment so important for
poverty reduction, what does the PRSP say and where does the PRSP
lack, seeks to provide an alternative direction for an employment
led poverty reduction strategy.
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Solidarity Forum for Garment Workers in Least
Developed Countries
The Bangladesh Garment
Workers Protection Alliance (BGWPA) hosted the Solidarity Forum for Garment
Workers in Least Developed Countries on August 18-19, 2003
in Dhaka,
Bangladesh
with participation of garment and textile workers’ federations, women’s groups,
human rights organizations, global civil society networks and international
trade experts. The purpose of the forum was to develop a network of
like-minded groups around the world to campaign for the protection of the
rights, interests and livelihood of garment and textile workers in least
developed countries (LDCs).
Report of the Solidarity
Forum
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