RMG factory closed fearing attacks
The authorities of a garment factory at Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) yesterday closed it apprehending possible attacks by the workers.
In another incident, around 2,500 workers of two other factories on Indira Road in the city's Tejgaon area took to the street demanding dearness allowance on the same day.
Traffic movements in alley roads around the factories remained snapped for around one hour and a half as workers blocked the roads since 2:00pm yesterday.
Tejgaon police said the workers of the factories - New Fashion and New Age - left the roads after the authorities had assured them of providing 15 percent dearness allowance from now on.
Meanwhile, Bangladesh Export Processing Zone Authority (BEPZA) General Manager AZM Azizur Rahman said the authorities of Hope Lon (Bd) Ltd in DEPZ closed the factory for an indefinite period fearing attacks by the garment workers enraged by reinstatement of the two officials.
The factory authorities displayed a noticeboard announcing the closure of the factory in the morning. Therefore, around 4,000 workers of the factory went back home.
Sources said, following complaints from the workers, the factory authorities earlier had suspended two of its officials -- Administrative Officer Kamruzzaman and Production Manager Mohammad Shafiq -- for their misbehaviour with the workers.
But reinstatement of the suspended officers to their jobs made the workers angry. They also staged a demonstration inside the factory on Saturday.
BEPZA General Manager AZM Azizur Rahman told The Daily Star that the authorities took the decision to close the factory in order to avert any untoward incident, adding that there are some problems among the workers and factory authorities over various issues.
Asked, he said before the closure of the factory, the authorities had informed them. The factory will resume after the problems are solved, he added.
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