Garment workers demand wage, festival allowance by Ramadan 20

News Desk :: Different garment workers’ rights bodies on Friday at separate protest rallies in Dhaka called on the government and garment factory owners to pay wages and festival allowances to the workers before Ramadan 20.

Bangladesh Garment Sramik Samhati, Garments Sramik Front and Sramik Karmachari Federation held separate protest rallies in front of the National Press Club to press home their demands.

Garment Sramik Samhati president Taslima Akhter who chaired the rally said that in many factories the workers so far did not get wages and Eid festival allowances.

She said that the workers would not be able to enjoy the festival if they did not get wages and full festival allowances equal to the basic of one month wage.

Moreover, in many factories in Gazipur and Ashulia owners are sacking the workers, before the Eid, Taslima alleged.

General secretary of the organisation Babul Hossain, central leaders Anjan Das, Ziadul Islam, Probir Saha and others spoke at the rally.

The rally was followed by a protest procession that paraded different city roads.

Ahsan Habib Bulbul, president of Garment Sramik Front also demanded paying wages and the festival allowances to the garment workers by Ramadan 20.

Central leaders of the organisation Khalequzzaman Lipon, Soumitra Kumar Das, Saiful Islam Sharif and others spoke at the rally.

The rally was followed by a protest procession.

Bangladesh Sramik Karmachari Federation also held a rally in front of the National Press Club where its president Zahirul Islam chaired.

Zahirul Islam said that the garment workers were low-paid and so they would not be able to enjoy the Eid festival if they did not get wages and festival allowances by Ramadan 20.