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Newspaper employees reiterate demand
The leaders of Bangladesh Federal Union of Journalist* (BFUJ). Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ). Newspaper Press Worker* Federation and Employee* Federation Friday reiterated their demand for enhanced wage* and allowance* tn all the newspaper* and news agencies by July 23. reports BSS
BFUJ President Reazuddtn Ahmed and Secretary General Amanullah Kabir. DUJ President Zahlrul Huq and General Secretary Ruhul Amin Gazi. Press Workers Federation President Mosharraf Hossain and Secretary General Bazlur Rahman Milon and Employees Federation President Jahangir Kabir and Secretary General Mir Mozammcl Hossain, in a joint statement, said their attention had been drawn to the resolution of the meeting of Bangladesh Sangbadpatra Pariahad (B8P) which ap peered in a section of the press Friday
They said "We fail to understand what the BSP meant by 'the Fourth Wage Board Award given during the Erahad regime." In reply to the "ludicrous statement" of BSP. they said the Wage Board Award for the employees of newspapers was declared during the period of neutral interim government (March 9)
They said many owner-edl-tor* and publishers under the fold of BSP would be entangled in their own net. if "Ershad * period" as referred to by them, was analysed
It is known to all what they had done during the Ershad regime, the journalist and employees leaders said, adding many of the newspaper own-ers-edltors, publishers became Members of P arilament of the Treasury Bench at that time Some of them giving lip service for socialism and democracy voted in favour of Ershad's Seventh Amendment Bill sitting In the Opposition Bench, the leaders said.
Some of them even possessed plots, and buildings in Tejgaon and wrote post-editorials in their own names in respective newspapers addressing Raushan Ershad as 'Amma (mother).
The leaders said, therefore, the BSP would not be able to reap benefit by raising the question of Ershad's period or mislead the conscious countrymen. No body has forgotten the role of the flatterers'.
"We cannot understand why the BSP raised the question of Constitution regarding the Wage Board Award of Journalists after about two decades." the Journalists and newspaper employees leaders said.
The Incumbent President of BSP was a Member of the Parliament which passed the bill in 1974 for constituting wage board for the newspaper employees, they said, adding, why did he not raise such questions at that time. In fact it is not a question, they said.
They said, the BSP seems to have adopted the policy — "the journalists and employees of the newspaper industry will have to be deprived of their legitimate dues, so say anything whatever you like." The BSP In the meantime had gone to court, where they were defeated. after having failed to conspire against the Journalists and employees, they said.
"Does the BSP consider it freedom of the press to accumulate crores of Taka by depriving the employees of their Just dues and raising newspaper price and advertisement rate?" the Journalists and employees leaders questioned. They said. "We are not interested to comment on the members of BSP" and quoted the writings of the President of BSP in his own paper on may 28 — "it has been observed that the businessmen, smugglers and millionaires who were connected in the plundering and exploitation during the reign of autocratic government are encouraging publication of newspapers."
The leader* said, "TVe have nothing to add after what the BSP President himself has said about the newspaper owners "
The journalist* and employee* leaders said the allegation of BSP that the union had stopped the publication of five newspapers because they went i
to court is an utter lie In fact the BSP has continued to create an impasse by hiring tough* in different newapa-K conspiring against the imate rights of the employees and threatening the union leader* over telephone, they said
They expected that the government and political par ties would be able to com pre bend that the growing deadlock. created by BSP might create a delicate situation for the democratic system of the country.
The leader* further hoped that there was still time for BSP to return to the path of tow and equity "
There is no reason to think that they would achieve their goal by using threat and issuing provocative statements. the leaders said
"They must give legitimate benefit to journalist* and employee*. otherwise the BSP will have to bear its consequences." the Leaders said