RMG Workers Protest Commodity Price Hike in Capital's Mirpur

Garment workers are blocking roads again in the capital's Mirpur to protest the rise in prices of essential commodities.

Hundreds of garment workers blocked the road at Mirpur Gol Chattar No. 10, 13 (Ayurvedic College) and No. 14 (Kachukhet Milli Super Market) around 8 am on Sunday (June 5).

Garment workers in the vicinity of Mirpur are joining the movement in groups after 9 am on Sunday. Traffic is closed from Mirpur-10 to 13, 14, and Kachukhet.

Earlier on Saturday (June 4), workers blocked the road from 2.30 pm to 5 pm to protest the same demand.

The protesting workers said that although the prices of various items including oil, sugar and pulses have gone up, their wages have not gone up. Their demand is to increase their salaries if the prices of daily necessities do not go down.

AC (Petrol) of Pallabi Police Station Mahbub said the workers blocked the road after 8am on Sunday. I'm at the scene.

Meanwhile, around 10 am, several hundred workers from Mirpur No. 10 attacked and vandalized several garments including Clemon Garments in Mirpur No. 7 (East) area. Meanwhile, agitated workers vandalized two buses in front of the Eastern Cinema Hall.