Wage Increases May Hit Jordan'S Clothing Sector

The Jordanian government stressed the need to raise the lowest level of Jordanian workers. wages The current minimum wage is 150. To solve this problem, a committee was set up, consisting of employers, workers and officials from the Ministry of labour. The Committee held a meeting last week to study the problem carefully.

The Ministry of labour advises employers to reduce their dependence on recruiting employees from overseas countries. The clothing sector contributed 20% to Jordan's total export earnings and employed 27000 foreign countries. Worker And 16000 local workers.

The Ministry of labour also emphasized the promise of investors in the clothing sector, and proposed that necessary technical training for Jordanian workers be carried out through vocational training programmes. Mustafa Howard, President of the JGATE, the Jordanian clothing, accessories and Textile Exporters Association, said: "at this meeting, we did not reach any agreement because the eldest labor union tried to make the minimum wage possible. increase Up to 300 Dal, the increase was 100%. The private sector did not consider this issue reasonably, and agreed to raise the minimum wage to 180. The Union asked for an increase of 100%, and the evidence was inflation. It has been submitted to the prime minister's office to determine the number of wage increases. "