RMG workers take to street in Gazipur for wage hike

Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Tangail highway remained suspended for over an hour due to demonstration of garment factory workers in Gazipur’s Konabari area on Saturday, reports UNB.

Mohammad Ziaul Islam, officer-in-charge of Konabari Police Station, said workers of garment factories in the Konabari area took to the street around 8 am to press home their six-point demand including payment of salary as per the government-announced wage structure.

The other demands include an eight-hour workday instead of ten hours.

A long tailback has been created on both sides of the Dhaka-Tangail highway following the demonstration.

However, vehicular movement normalised as police drove the demonstrating workers away from the highway after assuring them of taking steps regarding their demands.