Sacked tobacco workers demonstrate

The demand came from a meeting held near the main gate of the factory at Golora here.

The speakers threatened a greater agitation if their demands are not met immediately. The workers and their family members pass their days in misery due to 'illegal termination' by the factory authorities, they said. They are being deprived of their legal benefits, they added.

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Earlier, they brought out a precession in the factory area. The workers were sacked illegally one year ago.

Mohammad Sona Mia, president of Labourer and Workers' Union of the factory presided over the meeting while it was addressed, among others, by its secretary Alimuddin, organising secretary Mulluk Chan, labour leader Rezaul Karim Raza, Hanif Ali, Jagir Union Parishad chairman Shamsul Alam and ward member Mohammad Nizam.