Labour leaders and workers’ rights campaigners believe that registered trade unions, if allowed in apparel sector, could help narrow the gap between owners and workers and prevent disputes from snowballing into violent outbursts.
Police have identified over 50 people, particularly labour leaders and jhut (garment cloth waste) traders, who are responsible for creating anarchy in the country's largest foreign exchange earning readymade garment (RMG) sector.
Owners' tendency to control workers using muscle power, especially engaging local politicians and jhoot (garment wastes) businessmen, and government's indifferent attitude to solving problems of workers have caused the recent unrest in garment sector, said labour leaders.
