BCIC fertiliser workers call off strike

Workers, who were employed in loading of fertiliser sacks onto vehicles in Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) in Lalmonirhat Sadar upazila, resumed their work yesterday noon as they withdrew their strike after 30 hours.

Earlier on Thursday, they went on an indefinite strike, demanding payment of their arrears wage of the last 7 months. "We resumed our work with BCIC authorities assuring us of paying our arrears wage and increasing it," said Maminul Islam Babu, president of the workers' union. Workers now get only Tk 18 against loading of 20 sacks of fertiliser onto vehicles.