Dhaka,Bangladesh 21st September 2013; Sramik Oikya Parishad, a platform of some 52 different garment workers’ welfare unions, organized a mass rally at Suhrawardy Uddyan in Dhaka to press home several demands including that of raising their minimum monthly salary. The authorities of over 300 garment factories shut production of their units in Kaliakoir of Gazipur for Saturday in the face of workers’ agitation demanding a one-day leave for participating at a rally in Dhaka at noon. Credit: zakir hossain chowdhury zakir/Alamy Live News


Dhaka,Bangladesh 21th September 2013; Sramik Oikya Parishad, a platform of some 52 different garment workers’ welfare unions, organized a mass rally at Suhrawardy Uddyan in Dhaka to press home several demands including that of raising their minimum monthly salary. The authorities of over 300 garment factories shut production of their units in Kaliakoir of Gazipur for Saturday in the face of workers’ agitation demanding a one-day leave for participating at a rally in Dhaka at noon. Sramik Oikya Parishad, a platform of 52 garment workers’ welfare union, is scheduled to hold a grand rally at Suhrawardy Uddyan in the capital at 2:00pm to press home their several demands including raising their minimum monthly salary to Tk 8,000.


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