RMG workers block road in Gazipur

Agitated readymade garments workers blocked a stretch of the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in Gazipur on Saturday.

Workers of Blue Seal Textile Factory in Sreepur’s Mulaid were peeved by the sudden closure of the factory.

To give vent to their ire workers took to the road and blocked it for nearly an hour from around 9:30am.

They moved away after police assured to take up the matter with their employers.

Workers said their salaries for the month of June were paid on July 11. But when they came to work on July 13, they found a notice on the gate saying the factory had been shut indefinitely.

The sudden notice had propelled 400 workers to set up a blockade on the road in front of the factory gate.

The workers alleged the management took the closure decision to avoid paying their bonuses.

Gazipur Industrial Police Assistant Sub-Inspector Shariful Islam said the factory management announced the sudden closure because they were not getting adequate orders.

He said that the workers withdrew the blockade after they were promised a discussion with the factory management on the closure issue.