Police dispelled a demonstration of garments workers over the new wage structure in Dhaka’s outskirts Savar this morning.
Over a hundred workers of two factories of Standard Group were agitating in Hemayetpur Tannery Road, our local correspondent reports.
Industrial police broke away the agitation around 9:00pm.
Workers told The Daily Star on condition of anonymity that they had urged the owners to eliminate the discriminations in the new wage board.
“But instead, they unleashed police on us yesterday. We were beaten. So today, we are agitating,” several agitating workers said.
Sana Shaminur Rahman, superintendent of Dhaka zone Industrial Police, told The Daily Star that the workers were agitating on “illogical demand” and were removed by police.
He said, the two factories did not shut down due to agitation.
He also said, one other apparel unit in Ashulia remained shut today. But, he did not say whether it was due to any unrest there.
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