Workers Clash With Police In Gazipur

In consequences of a clash between police and workers at a dyeing factory,  the highway in Gazipur’s Sreepur has been blocked to demand wages under the new pay structure. 

The incident occurred on the Dhaka-Mymensingh Highway in the Jainabazar area on Saturday morning, said Assistant Superintendent of Police Mohammad Asad of the Industrial Police.

Workers from the AA Yarn Dyeing Limited factory began obstructing the highway around 6 am to demand wages under the new pay structure, he said. This led to severe traffic congestion on the highway.

“We were unable to convince them to leave. At one point we were able to move them, but they returned a half-hour later and began vandalising vehicles,” he said.

“The workers began throwing brickbats at police and police fired tear shells in response. They then left the highway and traffic returned to normal.”

The situation is now peaceful, Asad said.

A worker at the AA Yarn Dyeing Limited factory said that workers had been pushing for several months to have wages set according to the new pay structure and for payments to be made in the first week of the month. But, instead of taking the matter into consideration, the factory authority had only given empty assurances.