Workers from five garment factories in Gazipur’s Kaliakair upazila on Wednesday blocked the highway for the third consecutive day, demanding a minimum basic salary of Tk 23,000.
They started their protest march around 11:30am on Wednesday.
The garment workers staged a protest march and blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway several times in the Mouchak Telirchala area.
Workers from five factories, including those in the shoe and medicine industries, took part in protest marches and highway blockades.
The workers of Karim Textile of Purbani Group in the Telirchala area of the upazila began their third day’s protest at 11:30am on Wednesday, demanding a minimum basic salary of TK23,000.
Workers from nearby Logos Apparels Ltd., Hydroxide Knitwear Ltd., APS Apparels Ltd., and Bay Footwear Ltd. joined the protest with the same demand.
At one point, the workers blocked the Dhaka-Tangail highway, which disrupted traffic heavily in both directions. Vehicular movement on the Dhaka-Tangail highway remained suspended.
Shahidul Islam, inspector of Mouchak Police Station, said the workers created a blockade on the road demanding the wage hike.
Later in the afternoon, the situation was brought under control, he said.
