Protect nat'l industries to save workers, urges JSD

The protest rally was part of a daylong programme including a human chain and the presentation of memorandum resisting lay-off, lockout, deregulation of national industries and the anti-worker policies implemented by the government.

"Shutting down industries has become a regular event for the government," said the JSD president, Hasanul Haq Inu, adding that "you may cut jobs, and shut down factories with the stroke of a pen but it cannot create industries."

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Jatiya Shilpa Rakkha Mancha should be formed in collaboration with the government, owners and labours, he added.

Meanwhile, Shirin Akhtar, president of Bangladesh Jatiya Sramik Jote, asked the workers to assemble in creating "one factory, one union, one country, one federation" to protect the national and workers' interests.

Inu was the chief guest at the meeting. Labour leaders Fatima Hossein, M A Barek and Kazi Siddiqur Rahman, among others, spoke on the occasion, while Al Azam Khan read out the memorandum.