Unpaid Wages at Ripon Knitwear, Bangladesh - 2026
At Ripon Knitwear Limited, a garment factory in the Konabari neighborhood of the Gazipur metropolitan area, workers have stopped working. They are demanding the payment of outstanding night shift allowances as well as their annual holiday pay. The protest began around midday on Wednesday 25th of February 2026. The employees report that their demands have been ignored for a long time. Since neither the night shift allowances nor the holiday pay of the past months have been paid, they layed down their work, staying inside the factory building and chanting slogans. The management admits that two months of night shift allowances are outstanding and promises payment by the 3rd of the coming month. However, the workers did ;not accept this assurance and continued their strike. Police have been deployed for security. According to authorities, the protest is peaceful, and traffic on the surrounding roads remains unaffected. Discussions between workers, factory management, and the administration were ongoing on the following day ;in an effort to find a solution. Ripon Knitwear is a subsidiary of the Ripon Group and is part of the most recent supplier list of member companies of the German Partnership for Sustainable Textiles.
Basic Information
Case ID: 2026.003
Identification Number from Open Supply Hub (OS-ID): BD2020009670JYG
Affected Country: Bangladesh
Date of occurrence: 2026-02-25
Social Sector Risks concerned:
- Wages (Conventions Nr. 26 & 102 & 131 & 177 & 181; FAO)
Supplier Details
Ripon Group
House #29, (1st & 2nd Floor), Road #17, Block #E, Banani
Dhaka
Bangladesh
Supplier Website: https://www.ripongroupbd.com/
Production Site
Ripon Knitwear Ltd.
Jarun, Konabari
Gazipur - 1346
Bangladesh
Known certifications:
GOTS, BSCI, OekoTex Step, OekoTex 100, SEDEX
Source of information about certifications:
https://www.ripongroupbd.com/
Total number of workers/employees:
2.750
Number of male workers:
1.750
Number of female workers:
1.000
Workers movement
No information about unions available.
No information about workers commitee available.
Business Relations
According to the entry in the Open Supply Hub Ripon Knitwear Ltd. supplies to at least one member of the Partnership for Sustainable Textiles.
Further information about buyer's sources:
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Sources
Name of reporting organisation: The News 24
Source of information about the case:
https://www.thenews24.com/country/news/60413 https://www.bangladeshyellowbook.com/view/192825-ripon-group
Contributor: SÜDWIND
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