Nat'l Fan workers agitate for permanent jobs
Our Correspondent, Gazipur
Several hundred workers of National Fan agitated at the main entrance of the factory in Bscic industrial area at Tongi yesterday morning demanding that their jobs be made permanent. The workers gathered near the main entrance of the factory at 7:45am and put up barricades, preventing officials and other workers from joining their work. As a result, all activities of the factory came to a halt. Receiving information, Tongi Municipality Commissioners Ismail Hossain Babu and Asadur Rahman Kiron and local labour leaders came to the spot. The commissioners then communicated with the National Fan authorities and they reached an agreement that the workers will return to their work today and a joint meeting of the workers and the owners will be held at 11:00am tomorrow to consider the demands. The workers said they have been working in the factory for about 13 or 14 years, but the authorities did not make their jobs permanent. Jobs of only 17 employees, out of over 900, are permanent, they added. The workers also demanded fixing of minimum salary at Tk 3,000 and minimum attendance fee for new workers at Tk 60.
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