The New Nation - Internet Edition

UNB, Dhaka

Garments workers withdrew their sit-in demonstration at Shewrapara on Rokeya Sarani Road after 13 hours following signing of MoU between agitating workers and owners Saturday evening.

Traffic movement on the busy road stopped from 8:30 am as thousands of garment workers of seven garment factories, including Outwear Fashion, Outright Fashion, Outfit Fashion and Hisna Knitting Pvt Ltd, blocked the road and chanted slogans to press for their 10-point demand.

The demands include payment of their wages and overtime allowances within the first week of every month, night allowance, weekly day-off and stoppage of termination without any valid reason. Representatives of workers, the Managing Director of Outwear Fashion, Outright Fashion and Outfit Fashion, officials of Labour and Employment Ministry, DMP, DGFI, City SB and joint forces joined a meeting at BGMEA chaired by BGMEA Director Shahidul Haque Mukul at about 6:00 pm.

After threadbare discussions on the 10-point demand placed by workers, the meeting decided to meet most of the demands. An MoU was signed between the workers representatives and the management of the garment factories.

Police said vehicular movement on Rokeya Sarani resumed again as the workers withdrew the road blockade at about 9:30 pm.