The workers and staff of the Style Craft garments factory in Laxmipura area of Gazipur have been demanding their dues for the last few months and observed protests in front of the factory several times. Traffic congestion due to the workers' protest on the Dhaka-Joydevpur Road on Tuesday, July 13, 2021 Dhaka TribuneDissatisfaction spread among the staff on Tuesday morning when the factory authorities refused to pay the dues. They removed the obstructions around 2:45pm when the police mediated a meeting between the staff and the factory authorities. Also Read - RMG workers block major highways for 9 hours demanding arrearsMeanwhile, workers of National Chemical Manufacturing Co Ltd in Borobari area of Gazipur also protested demanding arrears and Eid bonus in the morning. Mahfuzul Islam, an assistant chemist at the factory and president of the workers' union, said that the authorities had been dilly-dallying about paying the dues for long.

Source: Dhaka Tribune July 13, 2021 16:52 UTC