Hundreds of RMG workers staged a demonstration in front of the capital’s press club area on Friday demanding a wage hike.
Sub-Inspector Mohammad Mosharraf Hossain, on-duty in the area, told the Dhaka Tribune they were demanding for Tk8,000 as monthly wages. “About a thousand workers demonstrated in front of the press club around 10am.”
The protesters workers took position near the Engineering Institute in the afternoon, the SI said.
However, it was unclear whether they were driven away from press club area.
They first gathered in Malibagh rail-gate area around 8:30am. Rampura police station Officer-in-Charge Delwar Hossain said: “Sramik Federation was leading them. No violence took place. They headed to the press club for a demonstration,” he said.
The workers from one of the factories abandoned work and called up on the fellow workers of other factories in the area to join the protest.
“The garment units were announced closed for the day,” said Delwar Hossain.
