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Download PDF Agitated workers of three garment factories yesterday went on the rampage and vandalised over 50 vehicles in Kalurghat BSCIC Industrial Area demanding an increase in their allowances.
Hundreds of workers of Orchid Sweater Ltd, Global Specialised Garments Ltd (unit-1) and Savar Sweater Ltd, all conglomerates of Azim Group, took to the street for an increase in their share of piece-rate on each garment product and breakfast allowance.
Witnesses said the unruly workers vandalised buses, trucks, private cars, microbuses, CNG-run auto-rickshaws, mugged commuters, looted a sweetmeat and a fruit shops, and damaged windowpanes of the oven division office of Azim Group.
The witnesses said law enforcers refrained from taking action during the rampage that lasted around five hours on the roads stretching from Kalurghat BSCIC Area to Bohaddarhat intersection.
A tripartite meeting between representatives of Bangladesh Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA), Azim Group and the workers later took a decision in favour of the demands, bringing the situation under control.
Sources said yesterday’s incident was a sequel to a strife and heated altercation between a section of the workers and management of the factories the previous afternoon over the same demands.
The workers alleged the management suddenly cut Tk 10 from Tk 34 of the piece-rate. They met the management on Monday and placed their demands, but the management refused to accept those, said the sources.
At one stage, the workers became angry and swooped on some officials and staffs of the three factories.
Following the incident, the management of Azim Group shut down the three units for indefinite period. When the workers found the factories closed yesterday morning, they went berserk.
A force from Chandgaon Police Station rushed to the scene but remained “inactive” during the agitation.
“I was astonished to see that the workers continued attacks on our factories in presence of a large number of cops,” said Anup Kumar Das, general manager of Azim Group.
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