RMG workers block road over pay

Readymade garment (RMG) workers of some factories at Abdullahpur in city’s Uttara area have started demonstration demanding payment of salary arrears as well as other allowances.
Due to the protest, all sorts of communication on
the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway remained closed for five hours on Saturday.
As results, thousands of passengers suffered from a massive tailback, which created from Abdullahpur to Mohakhali in the city.
Traffic sources said, thousands of RMG workers blocked a portion of the Airport Road resulting in a halt of vehicular movement on the road on yesterday noon.
According to protesters of Polwel group, they would continue their demonstration until their demands for the last three to four months’ salary arrears are met.
