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TUs oppose privatisation in service sector

Staff Correspondent
Trade union leaders yesterday demanded the government do not privatise any state entity in the service sector, but contain
corruption and make them efficient to upgrade public service.
They said in several decades the governments privatised many of the public
organisations, mostly in power and telecommunications, citing corruption and donors' prescriptions, which ultimately could not ensure public services, but upped
peoples' spending.
They made these observations at a dialogue titled 'Privatisation of service sectors, citizens' rights to service: position of trade unions and expectations from media' organised by the Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies (BILS) at the National Press Club.
"Rail, power, water, telecommunications these are very vital sectors and should in no way be privatised, but they are being privatised," said Sramik- Karmachari Oikya Parishad Coordinator Dr Wazed Ali Khan.
Such privatisation benefits only some rich people, not the commoners now have to pay more tax and spend more on buying services, he said, adding that the trade unions are blamed for corruption in public organisations, but actually it is officials at the management level who are involved in such irregularities.
"I demand that the government probe into such irregularities, punish the responsible, but do not privatise them
to benefit the business and political clouts," Wazed Ali Khan said.
BILS Joint Secretary General Zafrul Hasan said many companies in power sector like Power Grid Company and Desco have been created instead of looking into real problems, which is why power shortage still remains a far cry. Corruption in railway also put it in bizarre conditions, he said.
Stating that the private players can manipulate the market of essentials because of inefficiency of the Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB), he said, “Thus private monopoly is taking over every sector."
Naya Orthoniti Editor Zahiduzzaman Faruq moderated the dialogue, while BILS Chairman Habibur Rahman Shiraz chaired.
A project coordinator of BILS, Kabir Hossain, BILS Advisory Council Member Mesbah Uddin Ahmed and trade union leaders from rail, power and telecommunications sectors also spoke.