TNZ Group: Workers suspend agitation after assurance from secretary TNZ Group workers did not receive their arrears of salary and allowances till Saturday. After a meeting with the factory workers and owners, Labor Secretary AHM Shafiquzzaman announced that he would pay Tk 3 crore for the time being. The workers initially rejected it but later accepted and suspended the agitation till April 7. Meanwhile, the Industrial Police and the Garment Factory Owners Association said that except for a few factories, the workers of the remaining factories have received half of…
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Bangladesh Trade Union Federation demands payment of outstanding wages and Eid bonus to workers
Bangladesh Trade Union Federation demands payment of outstanding wages and Eid bonus to workers The government gave Tk 1.5 lakh crore to factory owners as incentives during the Corona pandemic, but the workers did not get it. The Bangladesh Trade Union Federation (TUF) has demanded to know where and how the money of this incentive was spent. They have demanded immediate payment of the workers’ arrears of wages, current month’s wages and Eid bonus. TUF President Faizul Hakim and General Secretary Amir Abbas made this demand in a statement on…
Read MoreTorchlight procession to protest police attack on workers
Torchlight procession to protest police attack on workers Leftist student organizations have held a torchlight procession to protest the police attack on workers and demand immediate payment of workers’ due allowances and Eid bonuses. The procession started in front of the Raju Sculpture of Dhaka University on Tuesday evening and ended in front of the Labor Building. After that, they held a short rally there. During the procession, they raised slogans like ‘Why attack the movement, the administration wants an answer’, ‘Fight, fight, fight, I want to live by fighting’;…
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