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Deploy Rab to contain prices of essentials

RMG workers ask gout

Staff Correspondent
Garment workers yesterday urged the government to deploy Rab members in the market to contain the price of essentials since it witnessed a sharp rise in both wholesale and retail markets on the eve of the month of Ramadan.
They also demanded a rationing system be introduced for the garment workers during the month of Ramadan to provide them with foodstuffs, including rice, pulse, sugar, onion and edible oil at reasonable prices.
The demands came from a press conference organised by Bangladesh Garment Sramik Oikya Parishad at Dhaka Reporters Unity.
The speakers also called on the authorities concerned to find out the reasons behind TC^'§ failure to provide the market with imported essen-tials before Ramadan although the prime minister
had directed them to take steps to make the market price of essentials stable during the holy month.
People who are involved in market manipulation should be awarded exemplary punishment, they said.
Terming the existing labour law 2006 a pro-owner law instead of one that serves the interest of the workers, Parishad leaders called on the ministry concerned to review it immediately.
Demanding cancellation of the section 307 of the labour law, Towhidur Rahman, president of Bangladesh Poshak Shilpa Sramik Federation, said taking the opportunity of this section, owners avoid imprisonment and get away by only paying the low fine, even if they are charged with irregularities.
"Besides., usipg the advan-, tage of section 27, which says the workers have to inform the authorities minimum two
months before if they want to leave the job, the owners very often deprive the workers of salaries and other arrears," he added.
Nazma Akter, president of Sammilita Garments Sramik Parishad, presented the keynote paper.
In her keynote, she demanded increasing the number of labour courts, not mixing labour courts with civil courts, cancellation of all black sections of the labour law and setting minimum wages at Tk 5000.
The workers will stage a sit-in at Muktangan and place memorandum to the labour minister on August 26, form a human chain at the same place on September 4 and hold a rally at the same place on September 11, the press conference was told.
Rpkoya Sujlanq Aziju, coordinator of the Parishad, and central leaders also spoke at the conference.