Bangladesh: labour rights demanding payment of arrears met with baton charge, teargas
Event- Country
- Bangladesh
- Initial Date
- Jul 18, 2021
- Event Description
The closing of garment factories without informing the workers, retrenchment of workers and non-payment of wages on time are often causes of dissatisfaction among the workers in the readymade garment industry. In many factories, workers are still deprived of the right to form trade unions.
Workers and employees of Style Craft Garment Factory in Laxmipur area under Gazipur City have been on strike and protest since 6 July 2021, demanding payment of arrears of three years’ salary and allowances. The factory authority announced multiple dates for the payment of workers and employees, but did not pay. Due to this, workers and employees gathered at the factory gate on 18 July and went on strike and protested. As a result, the road in front of the factory was blocked. The protesting workers were outraged as the factory authorities did not take any initiative to resolve the issue and when they marched towards Chandina intersection to block the Dhaka-Mymensingh and Dhaka-Tangail highways, the police baton charged them and fired tear gas shells and sound grenades. Six people were injured in the incident.
- Impact of Event
- 6
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Violence (physical)
- Wounds and Injuries
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Labour rights
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Labour rights defender
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 23.998130252494587
Longitude: 90.42281207446416
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 18 July 2021, a group of labour rights defenders of Style Craft Garment Factory demanding arrears of wages was met with baton charge, teargas and sound grenade fired by the police in Gazipur City, Bangladesh.