RMG workers block road demanding payment
The protest sparked as the authorities locked the gate of the factory in the morning
UNB
Workers of a readymade garments (RMG) factory blocked a road in front of Sony Cinema Hall in Mirpur Section 1 area of the capital yesterday morning demanding the payment of wages, reports UNB.
The agitated workers claimed that in a meeting with the workers on Sunday night, the authorities of the factory pledged to pay their wages yesterday morning before a planned shifting of the factory building from the area.
But the authorities locked the gate of the factory in the morning. Protesting the incident, the workers gathered in front of the factory and blocked the road from Sony Cinema Hall to Mirpur Zoo road at 8am.
On information, police rushed to spot and tried to disperse them from the road by charging batons and lobbing teargas shells. After a while, the workers gathered again in front of the factory and hurled brick chips towards the law enforcers around 11.30am.
Then police again opened teargas shells and charged batons on the workers to bring the situation under control around 12am. Several of the workers were injured in the incident, according to witnesses.
