Rana Plaza workers, will get Tk 50,000 each as compensation, to be disbursed by the Rana Plaza Donor's Trust Fund by mid-April. The UK-based retailers have now agreed to compensate the tragedy victims through the Rana Plaza Compensation Coordination Committee.
The coordination committee includes representatives of the Bangladesh government, local industry, global brands and retailers, and Bangladeshi and international trade unions and non-governmental organisations (NGOs). The UN agency - International Labour Organisation (ILO) - acts as a neutral chair of the body. The Trust Fund was formed to compensate the victims of the building collapse that killed more than 1,100 workers in April last year.
Recently, UK-based retailer Primark announced its plans to contribute and compensate the 580 workers of New Wave Bottoms during April-May through the coordination committee, which was housed in the Rana Plaza building. Among the 580 workers, 200 are deceased workers' families or their dependents, including the 47 missing, while 227 are injured. They will get compensation according to the ILO convention.
Primark will distribute $9 million among the 580 workers of New Wave, apart from contributing $1 million to the Trust Fund for workers, who worked in four other garment factories. Processing of compensation claims for the Rana Plaza victims will start from March 24.
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