Dhaka, May 17 (UNB)- An organisation of readymade garment workers on Friday demanded to pay their wage and festival bonus before the 20th Ramadan.
At a human chain in front of the Jatiya Press Club, the Garments Workers Front (GWF) also demanded an end to lay off workers, attacking and filing cases against them.
They sought exemplary punishment of attackers who tortured GWF Finance Secretary Saiful Islam Sharif.
GWF President Ahsan Habib Bulbul said that the owners do not pay the wages and bonus in due time.
“They pay a meager sum in the eleventh hour. We urge the government to take necessary steps to clear salaries and bonus before the 20th Ramadan,” he said.
GWF General Secretary Selim Mhamud, Vice-President Khalequzzaman Lipon and Joint Secretary Jahangir Alom, among others, spoke at the programme.