Workers go on demo over CEPZ factory lay-off

CHITTAGONG, Aug 21: Workers of the Atlantic Garments in the Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ) protested on Thursday against a move to announce a lay-off in the factory from September 1 over what the authority called their failure to receive any work order.
The factory authority in a notice asked the workers asked to work till August 31 and need not come to the factory later as the lay-off would be effective from the first of next month.
On perusal of the notice the workers poured out of the factory and demonstrated in front of it demanding payment of one month's outstanding wages and another three months' wages from the date of lay-off. The demonstration  continued until CEPZ officials and police arrived there by noon.
CEPZ police station officer-in-charge Abul Mansur said they had arranged a meeting between the management and the workers' representatives in the afternoon to reach an amicable solution.
No untoward incident happened there and the situation in the factory remained under control, he added.