Workers' Demands
In September 2008, 27 workers met to discuss their most important demands of Wal-Mart and JMS Garments. This is their list:
- Improve the food quality and clean the canteen.
- Abide by the factory referendum results and establish a Workers Association to negotiate on wages, hours, and working conditions.
- Pay all the legal termination benefits, including benefits for the length of service, unpaid wages, and encashment of earned leave benefits.
- Pay all workers the legal overtime rate for overtime work.
- Provide transportation to and from the factory.
- Respect all worker rights under Bangladeshi law and Wal-Mart’s code of conduct.
Wal-Mart should work with JMS Garments to ensure all these demands are met as expeditiously as possible.
