Staff Reporter :
Employees and workers of seven state-owned jute mills in Khulna on Wednesday called off strike and rail road blockade programme.
After a meeting with Textiles and Jute Minister Md Emaj Uddin Pramanique and State Minister for Textiles and Jute Mirza Azam the CBA and Non-CBA Oikya Parishad of the seven jute mills called off strike and rail road blockade programme.
The minister and state minister for jute held talks on Wednesday with the workers who were holding strikes and blockades for dues.
“The employees and workers withdrew their protests from Wednesday. They will return to the respective jute mills from the next working day,”
Mirza Azam, told journalists. The CBA and Non-CBA Oikya Parishad of the seven jute mills – Crescent Jute Mills, Platinum Jute Mills, Khalispur Jute Mills, Star Jute Mills, Eastern Jute Mills, Jessore Jute Mills and Carpeting Jute Mills – enforced the strike on April 4.
Besides enforcing the strike at the jute mills from 6am-2pm over the last eight days, the workers also continued blocking road and rail routes till Wednesday.
In the wake of strike, the government allocated taka one thousand crore to the textiles and jute ministry to pay the arrears of state-run jute mills’ workers and purchase jute.
Employees and workers of seven state-owned jute mills in Khulna on Wednesday called off strike and rail road blockade programme.
After a meeting with Textiles and Jute Minister Md Emaj Uddin Pramanique and State Minister for Textiles and Jute Mirza Azam the CBA and Non-CBA Oikya Parishad of the seven jute mills called off strike and rail road blockade programme.
The minister and state minister for jute held talks on Wednesday with the workers who were holding strikes and blockades for dues.
“The employees and workers withdrew their protests from Wednesday. They will return to the respective jute mills from the next working day,”
Mirza Azam, told journalists. The CBA and Non-CBA Oikya Parishad of the seven jute mills – Crescent Jute Mills, Platinum Jute Mills, Khalispur Jute Mills, Star Jute Mills, Eastern Jute Mills, Jessore Jute Mills and Carpeting Jute Mills – enforced the strike on April 4.
Besides enforcing the strike at the jute mills from 6am-2pm over the last eight days, the workers also continued blocking road and rail routes till Wednesday.
In the wake of strike, the government allocated taka one thousand crore to the textiles and jute ministry to pay the arrears of state-run jute mills’ workers and purchase jute.
