Lives of tens of thousands of workers on the line as garment titan NASSA shuts 16 plantsNASSA Group, once one of Bangladesh’s largest garment exporters, has permanently shut down 16 of its factories, throwing the future of roughly 30,000 workers into uncertainty and deepening wage arrears across its plants. I don’t know when or if we will get it,” said Nasir Uddin, a helper at Nassa Super Garments in Ashulia, who supported his parents and siblings with his wages. Unrest mounted across NASSA plants as wages and benefits fell into arrears and workers took to the streets. Among them are AJ Super Garments, Feroza Garments, NASSA Super Garments, NASSA Embroidery, NASSA Basic, and NASSA Hi Tech Wash.NASSA workers responded by blocking the Dhaka-Tangail Highway, demanding payment of arrears and reopening of the factories. If the factories don’t reopen, we are doomed.”Rafiqul Islam Sujan, president of the Bangladesh Garments and Industrial Workers Federation, condemned the decision.
