Appeal Factory Workers Stage Protest Demanding Wage Hike

Bangladesh Garment Workers' Solidarity held a protest rally demanding the formation of a wage board and fixing the monthly salary at Tk 25,000. In this protest, they also demanded the withdrawal of increased fuel prices.

Today Thursday (September 1) at 10 am, the organization held a protest rally in front of the National Press Club.

Tashlima Akhtar, deputy head of the organization, said that the Prime Minister should look at the suffering of the workers. How do they survive on this low salary? The increase in fuel prices has increased the prices of daily commodities, but not the wages of workers. Besides, most load-shedding occurs in the labor area. As a result, the workers are spending their days in great difficulty.

General Secretary Julhas Naim Babu said that the garment industry of the country is improving with the labor of the workers. But workers are the most exploited and oppressed. Stop this torture against them. Immediately make the salary of garment workers Tk 25 thousand. This claim is a very reasonable claim at current market prices.

During the protest rally, an organization named Garments Sramik Adhikar Andolan took part in the protest in solidarity with them.

Bablu Hossain, Ziadul Islam, Shamim Hossain, Golam Mostafa, and others also spoke under the chairmanship of Tashlima Akhtar, deputy head of the organization.