rmg workers protest

Why must workers always take to the streets for unpaid wages?

Many changes and reforms are being discussed nowadays, but the reality of the workers has not changed at all.
27 March 2025, 02:10 AM

RMG workers protest in Gazipur, Savar over arrears, factory closure

In Savar, workers of a garment factory in Hemayetpur Rishipara, blocked the Hemayetpur-Singair regional road this morning protesting the indefinite closure of the factory
25 March 2025, 07:35 AM

RMG workers leave Dhaka-Mymensingh highway after 3.5 hours of protest

The demonstration began around 8am in front of the factory and escalated to a highway blockade from 9am
12 March 2025, 05:12 AM

Gazipur RMG workers block highway for arrears again

Vehicular movement came to a halt when workers of Taratex garment factory blocked the highway demanding appears
13 November 2024, 05:12 AM

RMG workers block Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for over 9 hours

The blockade resumed at 8:00am today, after workers blocked the highway for over seven hours last evening
1 October 2024, 04:42 AM

A welcome decision to resolve RMG unrest

Cooperative efforts, sound leadership vital going ahead
25 September 2024, 15:00 PM

Bring back normalcy in the RMG sector

Understand and act to calm the frustrations in industrial belts.
13 September 2024, 14:30 PM

RMG workers block Banani-Airport road for 2 hours protesting factory closure

Several hundred garment workers blocked Banani-Airport Road for over two hours this morning protesting the closure of their factory without any prior notice
4 May 2024, 05:12 AM

The price we pay with each deleted word

With each new term of the ruling regime, and each new provision or law, we have learnt a bit more of self-censorship.
6 January 2024, 02:00 AM

Demand for Tk 70cr arrears: Garment workers stage sit-in before Srama Bhaban

Nearly 1,000 workers of Dird Composite Textiles Ltd staged a sit-in in front of the Department for Inspection of Factories and Establishments (Dife) and the Department of Labour (DoL) yesterday, demanding arrears amounting to nearly Tk 70 crore.
3 December 2023, 19:01 PM

US condemns violence against RMG workers in Bangladesh

The United States yesterday condemned "the recent violence against workers" in Bangladesh protesting the minimum wage, as well as the criminalisation of legitimate trade union and workers' activities
21 November 2023, 06:26 AM

2 policemen injured as RMG workers and cops clash in Gazipur

Two police officials were injured during a clash between garment workers and police in Gazipur's Sreepur upazila today
4 November 2023, 08:08 AM

3 suffer shotgun pellet wounds as RMG workers clash with cops in Ashulia

Police fire rubber bullets, pellets and tear gas shells
4 November 2023, 03:20 AM

Will our RMG workers get an acceptable living wage?

The reaction of the owners to the workers' legitimate demand, however, has been totally unacceptable.
2 November 2023, 00:00 AM

RMG workers’ demo: Police use tear gas shells, water cannons to disperse protesters

Police fired tear gas shells and used water cannons in Ashulia this morning to disperse garment workers after they blocked roads demanding an increase in wages
31 October 2023, 04:04 AM

1,000 workers of Dhamrai garment factory protest indefinite closure

Workers of a garment factory in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka today held a sit-in in front of the establishment to protest its closure for an indefinite period.
15 November 2022, 06:52 AM

1,000 workers of Dhamrai garment factory protest indefinite closure

Workers of a garment factory in Dhamrai upazila of Dhaka today held a sit-in in front of the establishment to protest its closure for an indefinite period.
15 November 2022, 06:52 AM

Pay disparity: RMG workers freed Adabor Ring Road after 4hrs

The garment workers, who blocked the Ring Road in Dhaka’s Adabor area, withdraw their agitation prgramme after four hours following assurance from the factory owner that their demands would be met.
16 January 2019, 05:47 AM

RMG workers still fearful of dismissal; security heightened in Ashulia

Amid deployment of a large number of law enforcers following eight days of unrest in the RMG sector, workers, in larger numbers than yesterday, are seen filing into work in Ashulia.
16 January 2019, 05:10 AM

Cops probing instigators behind RMG unrest

Urging the readymade garment workers to go back to work, Superintendent of Police (SP) in Dhaka Sha Migan Shafiur Rahman says police are investigating people who are acting as instigators of the unrest in the sector.
15 January 2019, 06:11 AM