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Bangladesh is a developing country. Since its inception, Bangladesh is striving hard to come out of the vicious circle of poverty and toward achieving that goal various development programmes were undertaken by the government from time to time. As a result tangible achievements were attained in the field of agriculture, industry, education, human resource development, empowerment and participation of women in different economic activities, health, nutrition and productivity promotion of major economic sectors like, agriculture, industry, service sector, transport & communication and financial sectors. The literacy rate has gone up to 62% while mortality rate has gone down drastically. We are now quite confident that Bangladesh is fast coming of age economically assuring spectacular achievement in all its important sectors with comprehensive macro and micro-economic reforms and unstinted allegiance effort by the positive participation of the private sector, social organizations and NGO's. The very image of the country and the mode of development is changing with positive growth and perpetual progress except the good culture of good governance and political harmony. The economic growth and prosperity for Bangladesh is only a matter of time. Bangladesh economic are well on its way to achieve 5.5 percent GDP growth for the year 2004. Grain harvests have grown with comprehensive behavior, growth in industry sector now stand for 7.2 percent, quantum index of SME's has grown 5.4 percent and the growth of exports accounted about 17% for 2004 that is trade service growth would improve fairly. The export of readymade garments (RMG)-both woven and knitwear has picked up due to increase in global demand and the consolidation process in the industry, which earns over 75 percent export earnings. A double-digit growth in remittance inflows and marked rise in domestic demand, which was induced by increased availability of credit for the private sector.
equity requirement at all levels including workers and managerial classes. Unequal access to education also fuels growing wages inequality in the labour market. Another widespread concern is child labour, which is both a serious problems in its own right and a major factor limiting school enrolment, retention and educational achievement. The poverty of parents to day condemns working children to poverty tomorrow. Action to increase schooling and skills needs to go hand in hand with action to reduce child labour. The growing national consciousness of these issues is leading many countries including Bangladesh to adopt strategies for the elimination of the worst forms of child labour and the rights of the workers. In many parts of the world, especially in industrialized and middle income countries like Bangladesh, additional pressures on the quality of employment have compounded problems of high or rising unemployment. Real wages and conditions of work have been under pressure, partly as a result of increasing competition for export markets and foreign investment. There has also been growing insecurity among those at work, due to interrelated factors such as the erosion of the welfare state, labour market deregulation and the declining power of the trade unions. Changes in technology and work organization have placed a premium on greater labour flexibility, resulting in an increase in contingent work less secure employment contracts. The interests both workers and the employers need to be recognized and balanced policies are essentials.
(vii) Violation of labour laws both by the management and workers. (viii) Absence of a sense of belongings. (ix) Irrational wages structure. (x) Absence of a matured industrial workforce on the one hand and industrial entrepreneurs on the other hand. In the former case the workforce is only one generation old and in the later case entrepreneurs. (xi) Absence of mutual trust and respect between management and trade union and (xii) Inadequate communication system.
Workers Participation:
Workers participation is yet another issue, which has been taken up under the broad category of Industrial Relations because the concept of workers participation emerged within the framework of the tripartite system of labour-management relations in Bangladesh. The major actors of labourmanagement relations in Bangladesh are the Government, the Government, the employers and the employers. The issue of workers participation has great relevance in the industrial relations scene in Bangladesh because it emerged as a measure for promoting harmony between labour and management. In Bangladesh, worker participation schemes had their beginning after independence.
Labour Legislation:
This is another important area, which has a great impact on the industrial relations system. Labour legislation has been instrumental in shaping the course of industrial relations in Bangladesh. Establishment of social justice is the principle, which has guided the origin and development of labour legislation in Bangladesh. The international labour organization (ILO) gave an impetus to the consideration of welfare and working conditions of the workers all over the world and also to the growth of labour laws in all parts of the world, including Bangladesh.
(d) Strengthen industrial relation. (e) Support for legal aid & disaster and calamity. (f) Organize the Unorganized in the informal sector. (g) Building trade union movement and international solidarity. (h) Establish trade union and human rights. In Bangladesh, environment of labour market seems to be mismatch both in the form of privilege, human rights, participation in decision making process, job security, basic rights, quality of education and labour welfare. All these issues may be addressed against for obtaining better quality of life both in individual, society and workplaces for the workers. International Labour Organization (ILO) and the related International Agencies those who are looking after the labour matters and their welfare should have developed a action plan for the developing countries like Bangladesh.