Agitation in a Gazipur gament factory

Workers of a garment factory in Gazipur set up a road blockade on Tuesday morning demanding payment of their outstanding wages.

To quell the unrest management of Givency Garments in Hatapara area promised to clear the pending dues and closed the factory for the day.

Gazipur Industrial Police Assistant Superintendent (ASP) Md Mosharraf Hossain informed reporters that the employees of the factory had refused to work and set up a road blockade on July 10 claiming that their wages for June were not yet paid.

Some of the workers received payment on July 12 and July 13 following the incident. Management had also assured that the salaries of remaining workers would be cleared within Sunday, July 14.

However, instead of fulfilling its promise, the management kept the factory closed on Sunday and Monday.

When the factory reopened on Tuesday, workers started protesting demanding the pending wages.

Agitated workers tried to set up a blockade on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway but were prevented by police. Then the workers resumed the blockade in front of the factory.

The situation was brought under control after the management assured that the dues would be cleared by Wednesday and closed the factory for the day.