6 Gazipur factories resume operation, 1 declares holiday amid protest against workers' layoff 

Readymade garment staff laid off from a Rezaul Apparels Internal most Restricted factory in Gazipur’s Konabari protested against their dismissal and demanded the reinstatement of staff this morning (4 December).

Meanwhile, six Islam Group of Industries Restricted factories, previously shut down amid staff’ protests, resumed operations.

The utter in Rezaul Apparels disrupted factory operations, and the authorities declared a vacation as the topic grew to change into chaotic.

The industrial police later went to the attach and introduced the topic below control.

“Now we admire spoken with the staff to govern the topic and mentioned the topic with the factory authorities. The realm is now below control,” Morshed Zaman, an inspector of Gazipur Industrial Police-2 [Konabari zone].

In keeping with police and worker sources, a Rezaul Apparels factory internal BSCIC Industrial Metropolis brushed apart 87 staff the day prior to this (3 December) without prior behold, inflicting extreme monetary difficulties and uncertainty for their households.

As a consequence, the 87 brushed apart staff protested in front of the factory’s most critical gate this morning, traumatic the reinstatement of their jobs.

The protesting staff claimed the dismissal job turn out to be unjust and violated the labour felony guidelines. They admire demanded instantaneous re-employment and persevered to chant slogans supporting their build off.

When requested, Mohammad Rezaul Hossain (Ripon), managing director of Rezaul Apparels Internal most Restricted, mentioned all dues owed to the staff had been paid in accordance with the labour felony guidelines.

“Nonetheless, the staff are protesting at the factory’s most critical gate, traumatic re-employment,” he added.

Rezaul mentioned that the factory turn out to be closed for the day attributable to safety concerns. “We try to resolve the topic by discussions with worker representatives and the staff themselves.”

Meanwhile, all sections of the six Islam Group factories that reopened at the present time are working with none studies of extra incidents of unrest as of submitting this describe at 2pm.