SIS garments workers stage sit-in for dues

The workers of SIS Garments staged a sit-in-demonstration at Muktangan in the city Wednesday demanding all outstanding arrears and the arrest of their employer.

The leaders of National Garments Workers Federation (NGWF) claimed that SIS Garments authority illegally closed the factory on September 13 without prior notice, said a press release.

They further claimed that the authority did not pay the wages of three months from July to September and overtime dues of five months from May to September.

The authority must pay rightful compensation with all the dues to the workers, the leaders demanded, added the release.

The federation President Amirul Haque Ameen, central leaders Faruq Khan, Arzu Ara and Bangladesh Garments Sramik Oikkyo Parisad leader Alomgir Roni, addressed the workers.

News Source: apparel.com.bd