In April 2006, BILS initiated meetings between trade unions that resulted in a ten-point charter of demands for the improvement of garment workers' labour conditions, especially a raise of the minimum wage.
[6] Following the 2013 Dhaka garment factory collapse, BILS joined the Rana Plaza Coordination Committee that led the distribution of payments to the families of those killed and injured by the disaster.
[7] In 2017, BILS conducted a study that found Bangladesh factories did not follow ILO standards for minimum work hours and workplace safety.
[8][9] In that year, the institute together with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation also conducted a three-month training course on labour policy and workers' rights for 16 young trade union leaders.
[12] The institute, together with Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad and the National Workers Federation, in that year also published 16 demands to improve the working conditions of rickshaw pullers.