Workers, employees of 15 sugar mills agitate
Employees of 15 sugar mills form a human chain at Ishwardi rail gate in Pabna district on Friday demanding time scale and promotion as per agreement with the government in 2009.Photo: STAR
Workers and officials of 15 sugar mills under Bangladesh Chemical Industries Corporation (BCIC) formed a human chain yesterday demanding promotion, time scale and increased facilities. Held near Ishwardi rail gate, they also held a protest rally at the venue. Among others, assistant development officers Abdul Mottalib, Ali Asgar, Dipak Kumar Pal, Rezaul Karim of Pabna Sugar Mill, Imran Mondol of Rajshahi Sugar Mill, Riazul Islam of Thakurgaon Sugar Mill, Ishtiak Hossain Mondol of Kushtia Sugar Mill, Abdus Salam of North Bengal Sugar Mill spoke at the rally. The speakers said that the assistant sugarcane development officers at 15 sugarcane mills of the country did not get time scales in last 25 years. The officers also did not get any promotion since joining the job decades ago. The last government also assured the workers in 2009 of fulfilling their demands when the national scale for wage was announced. But after two years the government is yet to give the time scales and the promotions, the speakers said. The speakers urged the government to meet their demands without further delay. Otherwise we will go for a tougher agitation, they threatened.
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