Time Digital News: Garment factory workers have blocked a road in Ashulia of Savar, on the outskirts of Dhaka, today demanding arrears.
Following the blockade, long tailbacks have been created on the both sides of Tongi Ashulia-EPZ road.
Around 9am, workers of Janoron Sweater blocked the road at Nischintapur and Jamgora points, also protesting an attack on them allegedly by outsiders yesterday.
According to the demonstrators and industrial police, the workers had been demanding their outstanding salary and other arrears and removal of some factory officials.
They were protesting inside the factory yesterday afternoon. But all on a sudden, some outsiders on motorcycles appeared the scene and attacked the workers, leaving some of them seriously injured.
This morning, they blocked the road in front of the factory at Jamgora and later in Nischintapur, said Abu Jafar, assistant superintendent of police (ASP) of Industrial Police-1.
"The authorities were supposed to pay the salary yesterday but they didn't. In addition, there have been allegations that the outsiders swooped on workers during their yesterday's protest. We'll look into it. Efforts are on to convince the workers to free the road," he said.
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