RMG production resumes as labour unrest eases nationwide.
Industrial activities have started to regain momentum in the country's major readymade garment (RMG) hubs as workers returned to their workplaces today, with production resuming in most factories.
Although minor problems were reported at a few factories, the issues were resolved through coordination among the concerned parties. Overall, a peaceful atmosphere prevailed across the industrial areas.
President of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) Mahmud Hasan Babu said production had started returning to normal in most factories.
"We hope the situation will become fully normal soon," he said.
Babool Akhter, general secretary of the Bangladesh Garments and Industrial Workers Federation, told BSS that production activities were operational in almost all industrial areas across the country today.
He said some problems emerged at a few factories in Ashulia in the morning, but those were subsequently resolved, and workers returned to their duties.
He added that the government had already formed a wage board to address workers' demands. Discussions had also been held among the concerned parties, who assured the workers of implementing their demands.
As the process is underway, no major labour unrest or disorder was reported in the industrial areas, he said.
Chief of Industrial Police and Additional Inspector General Md. Israil Howlader told BSS that workers at a few factories joined work in the morning but stopped production to press home various demands.
However, production gradually resumed at those factories through coordination among the stakeholders.
He said some factories had been scheduled to pay October wages today but failed to do so. As a result, some workers at those factories left their workplaces after the lunch break. However, no untoward incident was reported.
Israil Howlader said there were no road blockades, demonstrations or major disturbances over labour unrest in industrial areas, including Gazipur, Ashulia, Savar and Narayanganj.
At a factory in Narayanganj, workers stopped work and staged a sit-in in the morning but later resumed their duties.
Describing the overall situation in the industrial areas as peaceful, he said workers did not leave factories to take to the streets. Instead, they remained peacefully at their workplaces and carried out their duties.
At the end of the working day, workers returned to their respective destinations without any untoward incident.
