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brigade officials searching Tajnin Fashion where a fire breaks out in
Ashulia on November 24, last year. Photo: SK Enamul Haq
Three
organisations of garment workers on Monday issued a 48-hour ultimatum
to the government to arrest the owners of Tazreen Fashion Ltd and Smart
Export Garments Ltd.The organisations threatened to besiege the Labour Directors' Office on February 3 if their demands were not met by the deadline.
The organisations issued the ultimatum from a two-hour sit-in since noon in front of the Bangladesh Garment Manufacturers and Exporters Association (BGMEA) building in the capital.
Around 500 garment workers along with writers and socio-political personalities took part in the programme jointly organised by Garment Workers' Trade Union Centre, Bangladesh Garment Workers Unity Council and Bangladesh Textile Garment Workers Federation.
Criticising the recent remark of Home Minister MK Alamgir over the arrest of Tazreen’s owner, they said the minister is working in favour of the offenders.
They demanded punishment to those garment owners responsible for the death of workers and compensation to the families of each dead and injured worker.
They also urged the authorities to strengthen government vigilance to ensure workers' safety at all garment factories.
Communist Party of Bangladesh (CPB) President Mujahidul Islam Selim, Bangladesher Samajtantrik Dal (BSD) General Secretary Khalequzzaman Bhuiyan, National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports Member Secretary Prof Anu Mohammad and garment worker leaders spoke at the programme.
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