Battery-run 3-wheelers observe strike
Battery-run auto-rickshaw drivers observed a wildcat strike at Gopalganj yesterday demanding permission for services on all routes.
The drivers stopped driving their three-wheelers from 8am and joined protest procession.
The procession paraded the city and later a rally was held at municipal park to press home their demand.
They also met the municipal mayor and asked him to accept their demands. As the mayor assured them of solving problem through discussions, the drivers withdrew their strike at 12 noon.
The strike began as bus workers obstructed the battery run auto rickshaws at Police Line crossing at around 7am.
Meanwhile, truck, tank-lorry and covered-van labourers yesterday enforced a three-day strike in the northern districts to press their 15-point demand including issuance of appointment letters and insurance.
North Bengal Tuck, Tank-lorry and Covered-van Workers Allied Council called the strike on Monday night, according to our staff correspondent in Rajshahi.
The demands included issuance of appointment letters, providing salaries and bonuses as per government rules, stopping harassment to drivers and helpers by owners, insurance of policy for labourers, donations for workers killed in accidents and stopping illegal toll collection on roads.
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