A Correspondent:
Gazipur: Workers of a garment factory staged a demonstration on Sunday on Chandra-Nabinagar highway in Gazipur, demanding a wage increase.
The authorities of 15 factories declared holiday fearing further trouble.
Workers and locals said workers of Irish Fashion Ltd took to the highway in the morning demand-ing an increase in their wages.
As per a government proposal, a nine percent salary increase is mandated for workers who have completed one year of service.
However, workers with less than one year of service staged demonstrations on the highway, de-manding a wage hike.
Later the workers from other factories joined the demonstrating workers.
During the demonstration, traffic movement on the highway remained halted for a while.
Abu Taleb, assistant superintendent of industrial police in Gazipur, said additional police forces were deployed in the area.
He said the vehicular movement resumed after the workers left the highway
