Garment workers' grievance

EID over, and a wage board formed for them, garment workers are still being sucked into the vortex of street agitation. The latest case in point is the workers' blockade for over two hours along the Airport Road on Sunday. In the spin-off effects, traffic movements along Kuril-Biswa Road and Banani, let alone a long stretch of Airport Road were disrupted.
This is highly debilitating and deplorable when original number of some agitating workers are joined in by their ilk from other factories induced by a buzz word -- denial of Tiffin allowance in some factory. After the agitation, the management granted the allowance. Why was it not given as a matter of course?
Resultantly, a wholly rowdy situation escalated in which wrath was taken out on public. Rather than receiving public sympathy, the agitators drew their outrage.
We agree that the workers have legitimate demands and that there is a recognised need for trade unionism to enable organised articulation of workers' grievances. For some time, world focus has been riveted on safe working condition and better compensation package for the garment industry workers in Bangladesh. Results are expected under international watch. BGMEA and garment factory owners must fulfill their part of the obligation which is basic to a betterment of the lot of workers, the second largest foreign exchange earners for the country.