Siam Sarower Jamil,
Dhaka, Jan 14
Apparel workers in Bangladesh continued agitation in Jamgora and Narasimhapur of Ashulia, on the outskirts of Dhaka, rejecting the revised pay structure for the eighth consecutive day on Monday.
At least 20 of the agitating RMG workers- numbering more than 1,000 sustained injuries when law enforcers lobbed tear gas shells and charged baton on them during an attempt to blockade Dhaka-Tangail Highway.
The workers of about 10 readymade garment factories are demonstrating on the spot since 9:00am.
However, many RMG workers had joined their workplaces in Savar and Ashulia, said superintendent of Dhaka Industrial Police Sana Shaminur Rahman adding, ‘Law and order situation in other areas is normal.’
On Sunday, after nearly one and half months of protests, the government revised the pay structure for the apparel workers giving a raise between Tk 15 to Tk 786.This revision was the raise from the new wage board put into effect from December 2018.