Workers of a garment factory in Gazipur yesterday observed work abstention and staged demonstration in front of the factory demanding payment of arrears.
The workers of Profusion Textile Mills Ltd begun to stage demonstration on the factory premises in Chakrabary Sarabo area in Gazipur town around 11:00am as the factory owners did not pay their due wages scheduled for payment.
Earlier, authorities of the factory assured of payment of the arrears for January and February by March 7, according the agitating workers.
Talking to the Dhaka Tribune, many workers said they were facing severe problem to maintain their families as they did not get any wages in the past two months.
Abdul Bari, an administrative officer of the factory, admitted of their failure to pay the wages and arrears to many of their employes.
The wages and arrears would be paid soon as per the decision of the factory’s owners, he said. More than 500 employes are working at the factory, he added.
Obaidur Rahman, assistant sub-inspector (intelligence) of industrial police in Gazipur, said they deployed additional forces in the factory area to avoid any untoward incident.
