Garment workers agitate in Kafrul
\nThe New Nation, Bangladesh
\nUNB, Dhaka<\/p>\n
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Yet another group of garment workers on Sunday staged sit-in at Kafrul on Rokeya Sarani to press their 10-point demands relating to their pay and other benefits.<\/p>\n
However, police dispersed the workers of Kimberly Fashion as they damaged glasses of several passing vehicles at Shewrapara this morning.<\/p>\n
The demands include payment of wages and overtime allowances within the first week of every month, increased tiffin allowance, attendance bonus and annual leave.<\/p>\n
Witnesses said several hundred workers started agitation outside the factory as management failed to meet their demands despite repeated assurance by the authority.<\/p>\n
Two female workers, Rekha, 20, and Reba, 21, were injured during the protest. They were rushed to a local hospital in unconscious state sparking rumour that Rekha died.<\/p>\n
Consequently, agitated workers grew further violent and damaged several vehicles.<\/p>\n
Police dispersed the workers. During chase and counter chase, several workers and a police sub-inspector were injured. Traffic movement on the busy road was stopped for a while.<\/p>\n
Later, workers returned to Kimberly Fashion and resumed work at noon after threadbare discussions on the 10-point demand placed by workers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Garment workers agitate in Kafrul The New Nation, Bangladesh UNB, Dhaka Yet another group of garment workers on Sunday staged sit-in at Kafrul on Rokeya Sarani to press their 10-point demands relating to their pay and other benefits. However, police dispersed the workers of Kimberly Fashion as they damaged glasses of several passing vehicles at […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n