Later, the disgruntled workers left the street after owners assured their employees of paying all dues. Gazipur is locked down and most of the factories are closed, except for a few. Workers from Trust Knitwear Industries Ltd in Bhabanipur started protests around 9 am over the news of the authority firing the workers without paying their salary for March, said Inspector Jahangir Hossain of Gazipur Industry Police. The owners of East West Group never pay the full salary at once but pay it in installment, said Sumona, a worker in the factory. Some of the factories are not paying the workers, leading to such agitation.”Risks of contagion increase when the workers gather on the streets without maintaining social distancing, said OC Emdad.

Source: bd News24 April 12, 2020 11:26 UTC