DHAKA (The Thursday Times) — Bangladesh ke hazaron garment workers ne Peer ko, kam se kam tankhwah do guna se zyada karne ke mutalbe par ehtijaj ke teesre din, aik ahem highway band kar di aur police se jhadpein hui, jabke taqreeban 500 factories aarzi taur par band ho gayin.
Workers 30,000 taka mahana chahte hain, jo taqreeban $242 banta hai, jabke maujooda tankhwah taqreeban 12,500 se 13,000 taka hai. Dhaka ke shumal mein Gazipur mein sainkron logon ne Dhaka-Tangail highway band kar di aur gariyon mein todphod ki, aur police ki aik gari ko aag laga di gayi. Mirpur aur Ashulia mein police ne aansu gas aur stun grenades istemal kiye.
Hukumat ne Itwar ko tankhwahon ka jaiza lene ke liye naya wage board elan kiya, aur Wazir-e-Azam Tarique Rahman ne wuzara aur mushiron ke saath hangami ijlas kiya. Mazdoor rehnumaon ka kehna hai ke yeh board kaafi nahin, woh mehngai aur gharelu bilon mein izafe ki taraf ishara karte hain. Wazir-e-Dakhla Salahuddin Ahmed ne khabardar kiya ke hukumat ehtijaj rokne ke liye sakht karrawai kar rahi hai.
Garments Bangladesh ki sab se bari baramad hain, aik aisi sanat jis ki maliyat taqreeban 38 arab dollar hai, jo lakhon logon ko rozgar deti hai aur Bangladesh ko China ke baad kapron ka dunya ka doosra sab se bara baramad karne wala mulk banati hai. Factory maliken ka kehna hai ke woh mehngi lagat, Iran par jang se paida hone wali tawanai ki beyaqeeni aur kuch mandiyon mein sust hoti talab ke sabab pehle hi mushkilat ka shikar hain. Union rehnuma jawab mein kehte hain ke mulk mein garments ki tankhwahein dunya ki sab se kam tankhwahon mein se hain.
