Barapukuria power plant workers on indefinite strike
At least 250 outsourced workers of Barapukuria coal-fired power plant began an indefinite strike yesterday morning as the authorities concerned decided to keep a worker off work for seven days for his alleged misconduct.
Sources said Md Nuruzzaman, president of Barapukuria Power Plant Workers Union, entered the room of Chief Engineer Md Abu Taher on Saturday and locked in an altercation with him for not sending necessary papers relating to job confirmation of the workers to the Power Development board by April 7.
At one stage, the chief engineer forced Nuruzzaman to leave the room and imposed restrictions on his activities inside the power plant for the next seven days.
The outsourced workers joined their work yesterday morning but the security personnel prevented Nuruzzaman from entering the power plant.
Action of the authorities concerned triggered protest among the workers. The immediately held a protest meeting and decided to go on an indefinite strike from 8:00am.
Contacted, Chief Engineer Md Abu Taher said Nuruzaman's entry into the plant is restricted for seven days as he 'misbehaved' with him.
The agitating workers said they will continue their strike until the authorities' restrictions on the leader's activities are withdrawn.
The power plant authorities sat with the leaders of the workers union yesterday afternoon to resolve the issue. But the meeting failed to yield any positive result.
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