RMG workers block roads, clash with police in Dhaka, Gazipur for Tk 30,000 minimum wage

Garment workers staged demonstrations and blocked roads in Dhaka and Gazipur on Sunday, demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000, disrupting traffic and triggering clashes with police.

In Dhaka, workers from several garment factories in the Mirpur area blocked the Mirpur-10 intersection around 9:00am, bringing traffic to a standstill on several connecting roads.

Several hundred workers gathered at the intersection and blocked roads connecting Mirpur-11 with Agargaon and Mirpur-2 with Mirpur-13, witnesses said.

A senior female officer of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police’s Traffic Division said traffic remained suspended since around 9:00am due to the blockade.

Later, the protesting workers engaged in a clash with police who tried to disperse them.

Earlier, garment workers blocked several roads in Mirpur for around five hours each on October 29 and Saturday, demanding a minimum monthly wage of Tk 30,000.

Following Saturday’s blockade, some workers also vandalised several garment factories and shopping malls.

Source: UNB