Kushtia Bidi factory workers agitate for salary hike
Our Correspondent, Kushtia
About 3000 workers of Nasir Bidi factory at Allahrdarga in Daulatpur upazila in the district brought a procession at the upazila headquarter yesterday to press their five-point demand including pay hike and payment of arrears.The workers gathered on the premises of Taragunia Dak Banglo (circuit house) at about 10 am to hold a scheduled rally. But some musclemen allegedly hired by factory manager Khorsed Alam swooped on them and dispersed them. The workers then gathered at Hosanabad Vocational Institute ground, held a rally there and brought out a procession. The rally was addressed by, among others, local Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal leader Ashraf Siddique Rekat, Mohsin Ali of CPB (Communist Party of Bangladesh), Majibur Rahman, Samsuzzoha Montu and Fazlul Haq Milon. The speakers urged the factory owner to fulfill the legitimate demand of the workers. The five-point demand includes removal of the factory manager and proper treatment of workers' leaders injured in the May 7 attack on them at the factory and punishment of the hired attackers. The workers claimed that they have unpaid dues amounting to Tk 20 lakh. They said 30 workers were injured when some hired goons attacked them when they were at a meeting with the manager on May 7. Police have been deployed in the factory area to avert any untoward situation.
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