Spinning mill workers block highway in Gazipur over unpaid wages

Workers of a spinning mill blocked the Chandra-Nabinagar highway in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur for three hours on Monday afternoon, demanding their three months’ unpaid wages.

Commuters and pedestrians were left suffering as both ends of the highway remained blocked beginning at 2pm.

Earlier, the workers of Chandara Spinning Mill Ltd staged a sit-in protest inside the factory premises in the morning, demanding their outstanding salaries.

As the management failed to provide any assurance regarding payments, the workers moved to the highway and started the blockade at 2 pm.

Later, joint security forces arrived at the scene around 4:30pm and removed the agitators from the highway.

Vehicular movement managed to resume at around 5pm.

Kaliakair Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) Riyad Mahmud said workers blocked the highway over three months of unpaid wages.

With the help of the army, they managed to remove them from the road and restore normal traffic flow, he added.