Jute workers of 7 state-owned mills to go on 48-hr strike tomorrow
Workers of seven state-owned jute mills in Khulna-Jessore industrial belt will go on a 48-hour strike from tomorrow to press home their demand for implementation of the recommendations of National Wages and Productivity Commission with effect from July 1, 2009 instead of July 1, 2010.
In Khalishpur industrial area, workers of all the state-owned jute mills yesterday took out processions and hold rallies to make their 48-hour programme a success.
Patkal Sramik-Karmachari Sangram Parishad yesterday announced that it would hold rallies in front of all seven state-owned jute mills during the strike and also block Khulna-Jessore highway for two hours from 9:ooam today.
Security forces have been deployed in the industrial areas to prevent any unwanted situation during agitation of the workers.
Earlier on February 15, the workers of the state-owned jute mills went on a 24-hour strike to realise their demand for implementation of the recommendations of the wages commission.
Hafizur Rahman Bhuiyan, President of Jatiya Sramik Federation, has urged the government to meet the demand of the seven jute mills as soon as possible. “They will launch a tougher agitation programme if the recommendations of the wages commission are nor implemented with effect from July 1, 2009,” he said.
Md Sohrab Hossain, joint secretary of Khulna-Jessore unit of Patkal Sramik-Karmachari Sangram Parishad, has said that they won't accept any further delay in implementing the recommendations of the wages commission.
A section of bureaucrats must be held responsible for creating deadlock in jute industries, he added.
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