Workers from multiple garment factories in Dhaka’s Ashulia blocked roads and staged protests tense the reopening of closed factories, withdrawal of instances filed in opposition to workers, and an gather better within the minimal wage to Tk22,000.
The whisper took put this morning (28 September) on the Bypile-Abdullahpur Avenue within the Zirabo situation of Ashulia, where workers blocked the roads to train their demands.
This was once but one other alarming vogue within the sphere racked by protests within the previous two weeks.
At one level for the length of the whisper this morning, workers approached nearby factories and known as out their fellow workers by throwing bricks and stones.
This compelled the administration of at the least 8 to 10 factories within the location to mutter brief closures.
A employee from Beq Knit Runt, piece of the Lusaka Crew, acknowledged to The Replace Customary, “On 9 September, the factory owners filed a case in opposition to 27 workers and several other unnamed people at the Ashulia police situation. Later, the workers protested tense withdrawal of the case. The factory reopened perfect Thursday, and the administration promised to hand us the case withdrawal paperwork. On the opposite hand, they did no longer provide these.
“After we came to the factory this morning, we stumbled on it closed beneath piece 13(1) of the labour legislation,” he added.
The piece 13 (1) of the labour legislation entails that an employer also can simply, within the event of an unlawful strike in any piece or department of any institution, terminate down either wholly or partly such piece or institution.
Workers then gathered workers from nearby factories and took to the streets, tense the reopening of the closed factories and the withdrawal of the instances filed in opposition to them.
An legit from the Industrial Police acknowledged, “After the Lusaka Crew workers began their whisper, workers from Mondol Knitwear Runt moreover came out onto the streets within the Zirabo situation and began their demonstration, tense a minimal wage gather better to Tk22,000. Several different factory workers hang joined them, and as of 11am, they are tranquil protesting on the avenue.”
A protesting employee from Mondol Knitwear Runt acknowledged to The Replace Customary, “Our workers hang been protesting for several days over a wage gather better and different demands. After we came to the factory this day, we noticed that the administration had closed it beneath piece 13(1) of the labor legislation.
“Local thugs hang been attacking our workers on behalf of the factory owners since Thursday, dragging them away and beating them. We are protesting by disagreement.”
On the opposite hand, when requested for particular particulars about which workers were attacked or taken away, the employee might perhaps no longer provide any concrete info.
Chatting with TBS, Superintendent of Ashulia Industrial Police-1 Md Sarwar Alam acknowledged, “Many of the factories within the industrial zone hang been operating since this morning, and the workers hang peacefully joined work. On the opposite hand, after the Lusaka Crew workers began their whisper, 8 to 10 nearby factories were compelled to mutter closures. Mondol Crew workers are moreover protesting on the streets, tense a minimal wage of Tk 22,000.
“We are searching to gentle the workers and recount the whisper beneath control. Further legislation enforcement personnel hang been deployed at various parts within the industrial zone to be particular security,” he added.
The police officer moreover talked about, “As of this morning’s info, a complete of 16 factories within the industrial zone hang suspended manufacturing. Of these, 10 hang been closed beneath piece 13(1) of the Bangladesh Labor Legislation (no work, no pay), while 6 factories hang declared a common vacation.”
The industrial police additional infamous, “Since some factories hang declared regular holidays on account of the workers’ protests, the quantity of closed factories might perhaps gather better by the pause of the day.”
In the intervening time, per industrial sources, by 12pm manufacturing actions had been halted in a complete of 49 factories within the Ashulia industrial situation this day.
Amongst these, 12 factories were closed beneath piece 13(1) of the Bangladesh Labor Legislation, while 37 factories were either commence but no longer operating or had declared holidays.
The factories closed beneath piece 13(1) encompass Lusaka Crew’s Beq Knitwear Runt, Beq Sweater Runt, Mondol Knitwear Runt, Envoy Crew’s Envoy Fashion Runt, Envoy Fabricate Runt, Anjuman Fabricate Runt, and The Rose Dresses Runt.
Additionally, 37 factories, where workers either left, work was once suspended, or holidays were declared with pay, encompass MangoTex Runt, Beautiful Solar Fashion, Southern Apparel Runt, Textown Runt, Generation Next, Skyline Apparel Runt, Skyline Apparels Runt, Original Age Apparels, Original Age Apparel, Sidko Runt, among others.
There are 1,863 factories beneath the jurisdiction of Ashulia Industrial Police-1, the majority of which will be garment factories.
