The TNZ Apparels factory workers have joined work since Saturday morning. The factory was closed due to workers’ dissatisfaction with salaries and allowances for 23 days.
Other factories in the district is also seen normal. Earlier, as per the promises made by the TNZ Apparels factory authorities and the Ministry of Labor, all the workers’ salaries and allowances were paid last Thursday evening.
TNZ Apparels Limited group has five factories. Workers of these factories staged several protests demanding arrears of wages. Earlier, workers blocked the Dhaka-Mymensingh highway for three consecutive days from Saturday 9am to Monday 10 pm last week to demand the salary.
After the payment of salaries on Thursday, a notice was put up in front of the factory stating that the factory would be open from Saturday. As per that instruction, the workers joined work as usual from this morning.
TNZ Apparels Group Chairman Md. Hedayatul Haque said that the workers’ arrears were paid on Thursday. Apart from this, there are some other arrears, which will be paid by the 30th of this month. The workers have joined work peacefully since this morning.
