All 38 sacked Opso-Saline factory workers reinstated
Demands met, production resumes
All the 38 sacked workers of Opso-Saline factory here were reappointed yesterday.
They were terminated from their job on Saturday without prior notice on charge of creating chaos and fuelling labour agitation.
Workers of Opso-Saline, a unit of Opsonin, a leading pharmaceutical group, started work stoppage at 6:00am yesterday protesting the termination of 38 casual workers.
Representatives of the Opsonin management later visited the spot and held a meeting with the workers.
At one stage, the management agreed to meet the demands of the workers and then reappointed the sacked workers.
The factory resumed production as the workers have returned to their duties, said Saidur Rahman Khan, administrative officer of Opsonin Barisal office yesterday.
On Saturday, the terminated casual workers ransacked and vandalised a few rooms of the factory.
Police rushed to the spot and brought the situation under control.
Earlier, the workers of Opso-Saline on August 6 vandalised the factory at Kabi Jibanananda Sarak and stopped production at Global Capsule factory, another unit of the group in Rupatali area in the city as the authorities failed to meet their longstanding 15-point demand.
The demands include appointment letter, job regularisation, leave with pay, meal, medical benefits, and stopping dismissals of workers without prior notice and job as per labour law.
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