Situation in Ashulia industrial area normal, but 16 factories remain closed

After two consecutive weeks of labour unrest, the difficulty in Dhaka’s industrial build aside Ashulia has returned to about a normalcy sooner than the open of the fresh week.

This (21 September) morning, most of the garment factories in the build aside remained open, with workers joining.

In step with police and industry sources, there are soundless some complications in a handful of factories, of which as a minimal 16 are soundless closed.

Amongst those 16 factories there are classic holidays in 13 while three others derive instituted a “no work, no pay” contrivance, under Piece 13(1) of Bangladesh Labor Act 2006, stated Superintendent of Police of Industrial Police-1 Md Sarwar Alam.

Alam stated the industrial police had been deployed wherever complaints arose in repeat to resolve  those by discussing with all occasions.

“We derive requested the manufacturing facility homeowners and BGMEA to open the factories that are closed as the employees are desperate to be a part of,” he stated.

In step with BGMEA sources, Radiance Model, Radiance Denims, Comfort Composite Restricted, Generation Subsequent, Anjuman Compose Restricted are amongst the factories closed at the present time under Piece 13(1) of the Labor Act in Ashulia.

5 factories where workers have not joined are Medlar Apparels, Setara Neighborhood, Bando Compose, The Rose Dresses Restricted and Susuka Knit Restricted.

Bangladesh Apparel and Sweater Workers Commerce Union Center Staunch Affairs Secretary Khairul Mamun Mintu told The Industry Associated old that though the general declare of the industrial sector has progressively improved, there are soundless some complications in some areas.

“Amongst these, we are getting recordsdata of layoffs and incidents of submitting conditions, that are basically being concerned. We are able to ask the homeowners no longer to construct aside off the employees unfairly in any manufacturing facility and also ask the regulations enforcement agencies no longer to annoy any innocent workers in conditions filed as a result of labour grievances.

“Moreover, we are able to call upon homeowners to put into effect the peace of solutions given to the employees by accepting their calls for,” he stated.

In the meantime, no connected incidents had been reported any place in the industrial build aside till 1 pm.