RMG workers at a Gazipur factory continue work abstention

General workers and employees of a RMG factory at East West Industrial Park in Gazipur continued their work abstention for the second consecutive day on Tuesday protesting alleged tortures and intimidation by the park union leaders. More than 1,000 workers and employees of the factory also laid a siege to the Labour Welfare Centre in Tongi and held a rally in front of it Tuesday noon. They submitted a memorandum to the assistant director of the centre, alleging that the general workers have been tortured and threatened by the leaders of six trade unions of the East West Industrial Park. They alleged that the leaders of the trade unions are in fact serving the interest of the owners. They urged the authorities to take immediate steps to stop attacks on them by the newly-formed trade union leaders, according to a news agency.