50 injured as RMG workers clash in city
At least 50 readymade garment (RMG) workers were injured during separate clashes with the policemen in Uttara and Uttarkhan areas in the city yesterday.
Around 20 workers of a garment factory were injured in a clash with policemen in the city's Uttara area.
The clash ensued when the police charged baton on the workers who put up a barricade on Dhaka-Mymensingh highway at Azampur demanding payment of their salary arrears, Eid bonus and night allowance.
Witnesses said around 800 angry workers of Root Apparels Ltd, which was closed a month ago without informing the workers at Uttarkhan, erected a barricade on the road for around one hour from 3:00pm that resulted a severe traffic jam in the area.
At one stage, police resorted to baton charge to disperse the agitating workers that left the workers injured.
The angry workers gave an ultimatum to the garment factory authorities, threatening that if their demands are not met by today, they would go for a tougher movement.
Meanwhile, around 30 workers of a garment factory at Dhaka Export Processing Zone (DEPZ) were injured as police charged baton on them while they were staging a sit-in in front of the factory with the same demands.
The workers also ransacked at least 10 vehicles after blocking Dhaka-Tangail Road for around one hour from 11:00am.
Witnesses said some 700 workers of Honor Way Textile and Apparels (Pvt) Limited staged the sit-in in the morning demanding payment of their salary arrears as the authorities shut it down on July 17 after its owner had died.
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