Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN)- Apparel workers leaders have demanded that the owners of ready-made garment (RMG) will have to clear Eid bonuses and arrears of their workers before the 20th of Ramadan.
Addressing a rally in front of the National Press Club in the capital on Friday they also demanded Eid bonus amounting to their salaries of the workers, saying ministers, MPs, and the public servants get Eid bonus equal to their basic salary.
Many owners in association with local criminals are giving threat to garment workers’ leaders so that they cannot raise their voice demanding arrears and bonuses on the occasion of Eid, the workers’ leaders alleged.
Chaired by Garment Workers’ Trade Union Centre president Sadekur Rahman Shamim, the rally was addressed, among others, by its general secretary Kazi Ruhul Amin, workers’ leaders KM Mito, Ziaul Kabir and Iqbal Hosain.
BBN/SSR/AD-04July14-11:57 pm (BST)