03. Jan 2012 Dhaka.Bangladesh- National Garment Workers Federation of Bangladesh organization form a human chain in front of National Press Club on 3 January 2012 urged death compensation for three garments workers who killed in a devastationg fire at Eurotax factory and lift accident at Continental Garments and demand to fix their new wage structure. © Monirul Alam
Thousand of garment workers on Friday morning protesting the new wage declared. Police have baton-charged workers who have been protesting at Mohakhali demanding Tk 5,000 as minimum wage, and the scrapping of the newly established wage scales.
The workers of several garment factories took to the streets of Gulshan 1,2, Banani, Mohakhali and Karwan Bazar area rejecting the new wage structure. They put barricade on the road and started vandalizing in these areas. Workers vandalized several cars, garments factory and set fire on the street.
MONIRUL ALAM 