TNZ Group: Workers suspend agitation after assurance from secretary

TNZ Group: Workers suspend agitation after assurance from secretary TNZ Group workers did not receive their arrears of salary and allowances till Saturday. After a meeting with the factory workers and owners, Labor Secretary AHM Shafiquzzaman announced that he would pay Tk 3 crore for the time being. The workers initially rejected it but later accepted and suspended the agitation till April 7. Meanwhile, the Industrial Police and the Garment Factory Owners Association said that except for a few factories, the workers of the remaining factories have received half of…

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Torchlight procession to protest police attack on workers

Torchlight procession to protest police attack on workers Leftist student organizations have held a torchlight procession to protest the police attack on workers and demand immediate payment of workers’ due allowances and Eid bonuses. The procession started in front of the Raju Sculpture of Dhaka University on Tuesday evening and ended in front of the Labor Building. After that, they held a short rally there. During the procession, they raised slogans like ‘Why attack the movement, the administration wants an answer’, ‘Fight, fight, fight, I want to live by fighting’;…

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