Changes to labour laws in 2013 have produced a rise in union registrations, but the number engaged in them is still too low. Still, the requirement of signatures of 30 percent workers for formation of trade unions is still mandatory. Consequently, in many factories workers are not interested in joining the unions as they fear losing their jobs, although only 5 percent of the workers are members of unions. Currently, the total number of trade unions in the garment sector is nearly 260, but they are divided and cannot raise their voices collectively to realise their demands. 59 Government has adopted a National Labour Policy 2012 to ensure decent work, occupational safety and health within the general framework of rights. The recent amendments in 2013 into the BLA, 2006 to a large extent have some positive changes to facilitate security, safety, and to expedite trade union coupled with collective bargaining agents to ensure better compliance. However, effective application of the National Labour Policy 2012 is a must to ensure decent work, occupational safety and health within the general framework of rights of workers. Government may make a ‘Special Monitoring Cell’ that will monitor only the security and safety net of workers. Accord and Alliance are inspecting factories in Bangladesh nowadays. This is a very positive approach for the security and safety net of garments workers. And it is found through FGD that factory owners are improving factors that affect security and safety of garments workers But Accord and Alliance may not inspect regularly for long. In this case, security and safety net of workers may deteriorate again. If Government make 30 ‘Special Monitoring Cell (SMC)’ to monitor the security and safety net of workers and if each Cell inspects 200 factories in every year then 30 Cell can monitor 6000 factories every year. So each and every factory will under monitoring system and each factory will be monitored at least once in a year. There will be 5 ‘Apex Monitoring Cell (AMC)’ which will visit factories that are already inspected by ‘SMC’. AMC will inspect factory on a random sample basis. So the factories inspected by SMC will always be careful that AMC can inspect anytime. Each AMC will have members from Accord and Alliance to make it a transparent one. This ‘Random Double Monitoring Approach 59 Mirdha, Refat Ullah, 16 Garment Factories Sack Union leaders: Labour Ministry Wraps up Investigation, The daily Star, February 11, 2014, see link <http://www.thedailystar.net/business/16-garment-factories-sack-unionleaders-10778>, accessed on June 3, 2014.