RMG workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway in Bangladesh to demand arrears

Traffic movement on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway remained suspended since Sunday morning as  workers of two readymade garment factories blocked the road demanding backpay.

The workers of Interlink Apparels factory in Maleker Bari area and another factory at Vogra in the city corporation area found the gates of the factories shut in the morning.

Workers said the authorities were scheduled to pay the salaries for the previous month on Saturday. In spite of this, the garments authorities put up a notice on the factory gates saying that production would be halted until October 24.

Angered by their decision, the workers of the two factories took to the streets around 9am and put up a barricade on the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway, halting traffic movement on the busy highway.

Deputy Police Commissioner Zakir Hossain of Gazipur Metropolitan Police said they are trying to resolve the issue by talking to both the authorities and the workers involved.

Source: Agencies