Translation of "BLA " (English → French) :

Black Lawyers Association | BLA [Abbr.]

San Blas jay

basic living allowance | BLA

atmospheric boundary layer | boundary layer of the atmosphere | BLA

Liaison Bureau of the European EEC Union of Aromatic Products | BLA [Abbr.]

12. Notes that the Bangladesh Labour Act (BLA) was amended in the aftermath of the Rana Plaza disaster; expresses, however, its deep dissatisfaction with the Government of Bangladesh’s failure to issue the implementing rules and regulations to the BLA, despite numerous promises to do so; urgently calls on the GoB to issue those implementing rules and regulations without further delay and to immediately drop the 30 % minimum membership requirement for trade unions; stresses that any further delay will be interpreted as the GoB’s apparent unwillingness to take the necessary steps required to foster a more mature industrial relations sys ...[+++]tem;

J. whereas despite the fact that some progress was made, it is widely recognised by all international actors that workers’ and trade union rights continue to be seriously and systematically violated in Bangladesh; whereas the 2013 amendments to the Bangladesh Labour Act (BLA) were very limited and therefore continue to fall short of international standards with regard to freedom of association, the right to strike and collective bargaining as well as the right to join a trade union, particularly with regard to the Export Processing Zones (EPZs); whereas the Government of Bangladesh has to date failed to issue the implementing rules and ...[+++] regulations with regard to those amendments, despite repeated promises to do so; whereby programmes such as the ILO Better Work programme and the training programme under the Bangladesh Accord depend on the issuing of those rules and regulations;

L. whereas the revised Bangladesh Labour Act (BLA) of 2013, while including some positive reforms, continues to fall well short of international standards with regard to freedom of association and collective bargaining, as highlighted by the ILO Committee of Experts’ comments on Conventions 87 and 98, including limitations on the right to elect representatives in full freedom, numerous limitations on the right to strike and broad administrative powers to cancel a union’s registration, and whereas the government has stated repeatedly that it has no intention of considering additional amendments;

M. whereas the Government of Bangladesh has yet to issue the implementing rules and regulations for the BLA 2013 despite repeated promises to do so, which has put the transition to a sustainable garment industry in jeopardy;