Jute workers' four-day agitation programme
Jute Mill Workers' and Employees' Action Committee announced a four-day agitation programme on Tuesday to press home their demand for implementation of the recommendations under National Wages and Productivity Commission, with effect from July 1, 2009.
The programmes include workers rally at Khalishpur tomorrow (Feb 10), procession and rally by jute mill unit of Sramik League in front of National Press Club in Dhaka city on Sunday (Feb 12), processions in Khulna-Jessore industrial belt in support of dawn-to-dusk strike in jute mills on Tuesday (Feb 14) and strike in all mills and industries from 6 am to 6 pm on Wednesday (Feb 15).
We want the government to implement the recommendations of National Wages Commission on our wages and salaries with effect from July 1 of 2009 instead of July 1 of 2010, said acting president of Bangladesh Patkal Sramik League Sardar Motahar Uddin and Joint Convenor of Jute Mill Workers' Action Committee Md Shah Alam.
Otherwise, a month-long programme would be announced to realise our demand, they warned.
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