Chittagong dock workers announce strikes

July 24, 2010

The Chittagong Port Dock Workers and Employees Federation (CPDWEF) announced on Saturday a programme of short strikes, starting on Monday, to press for various demands, including the reinstatement of fired workers and officials, and the revival of the Dock Workers Management Board and their welfare trust.

The Federation's top leaders announced the programme at a press conference held at Chittagong Press Club on Saturday morning.

The first set of strikes will last just two hours long, starting at 8am every day from Monday to Thursday this coming week. The second set of strikes, from Aug 1st to the 3rd, will last four hours long

In his written speech, the federation's general secretary Mahfuzur Rahman Khan claimed that despite a review having been undertaken by the present government into the cases of those workers who were fired during the caretaker government, the authorities have not yet taken any steps with regard to their reinstatement.

Khan said that the strikes and other programmes were called to press for their demand to reemploy these workers, the issuance of identification cards, revival of the Dock Workers Management Board, establishment of a hospital for the dock workers, and the start of various welfare allowances.

"Harsher programmes will be taken if the demands are not met," warned the federation's general secretary.

Federation leaders Abdul Ahad, Iskandar Mian, Mir Nawshad, Mohammed Alamgir, and Shamsul Bhuiyan, were present at the press conference.
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Source:bdnews24.com / Independent

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