On Wednesday (18th September), more than seven hundred workers of Jamuna Fashion Wears Ltd. blocked the road in front of the Bangladesh University of Business and Technology in Rupnagar, Mirpur, in protest over unpaid wages for the month of August.
The protest disrupted traffic until army and police forces arrived to evaluate the situation. By 10 a.m., traffic started to flow again.
The world’s top provider of ready-made apparel and denim fabric is Bangladeshi clothing producer Jamuna Fashion Wears Ltd. The company has one of Bangladesh’s most extensive and inventive manufacturing facilities, and it creates some of the most stylish denim fabrics and apparel items.