Work abstention continues in Ctg
The Sector Corporation Sramik Karmachari Federation Shamannoy Parishad peacefully observed work abstention as part of a 48-hour strike in Chittagong city yesterday.
Around 3,000 workers of 11 state-owned factories in the port city did not join work to press home a five-point demand including declaration of a pay scale with effect from July 2009.
The strike started from 6:00am on Tuesday and is supposed to end 6:00am today.
Police were deployed at the factories to maintain law and order.
Shahidul Islam Belal, executive member of the parishad, said the central committee will organise a press conference at Dhaka Press Club on Saturday to announce further programme, he added.
Meanwhile, workers of eight state-owned jute mills under Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) also observed work abstention with the same demands.
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