Garment workers protest in Gazipur: Police clear highway, 7 factories declare holiday

Police have cleared garment workers who blocked the Dhaka–Tangail Highway in Kaliakair upazila of Gazipur with the demand that their minimum monthly wage be raised to Tk 30,000.Traffic on the highway returned to normal at around 11:30 am today, Thursday, after remaining halted for nearly two hours. Meanwhile, seven factories in the area have declared a holiday due to the labour unrest.Earlier…