RMG workers block Tejgaon Link Road over wage, bonus demands

RMG workers blocked a section of Tejgaon Link Road this morning, demanding unpaid salaries and bonuses, causing severe traffic disruption in nearby areas.

Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman, officer-in-charge of Tejgaon Industrial Area Police Station, said several hundred workers from NASSA Group had been blocking the road and demonstrating since around 10:00am.

“As a result, traffic movement in the area has come to a halt. We are trying to persuade them to clear the road,” he said.

Meanwhile, the Traffic Gulshan Division said in a Facebook post that the demonstration began near the Bottola crossing, where an estimated 200 to 250 RMG workers gathered and staged a sit-in.

Both crime and traffic police were deployed to the area and were working to restore normal traffic. Officials said they were attempting to persuade the workers to vacate the road.

No comment was available from NASSA Group regarding the workers’ allegations while filing this report.