Shadhin Bangla Garments Shramik Karmachari Federation (SBGSKF) said BGMEA has signed an agreement with 16 garment workers' federations last month as a sequel of the tripartite meetings.

It is nothing but a technique to halt the workers' unrest for a time being as various contacts were signed previously. Yet the authorities did not take any initiative to implement the agreements, the leaders said.

President of the federation Shamima Nasrin presided over the press conference.

Meanwhile, Garments Shramik O Shilpa Rakkha Jatiya Mancha (a platform to protect the garment workers and the industry) organised a discussion with the workers' representatives to the wage board in the city.

Expressing concern over the rising dissatisfaction among the garment workers, the leaders said the situation is gradually going out of control as the authorities have started repression, attack and filing cases against the workers.

They demanded of the owners of the factories to stop repressing the workers and realisation of the demands of the workers immediately.

Members of the board Zafrul Hasan, Nazma Akhter, Abul Bashar, Kamrul Ahsan, Abul Hossain, Zoinal Abedin also attended the meeting.