Textile workers agitate

Our Correspondent, Narsingdi
Workers of a textile mill yesterday vandalised factory demanding wages and festival bonuses at Brahmandi under Sadar upazila. The workers of Joba Textile Mills also besieged the manager of the factory, Md Aminul Islam, for hours. On information, police rushed to the spot and rescued the manager. Manager Aminul Islam said a few hundred workers vandalised the factory very badly and also besieged him for Eid bonus. Shewly, a worker of the factory said they demanded equal bonus for the old and the newly recruited workers. The workers became agitated as the factory owners did not accept demand, she said.