Law to recognise farm workers on cards
Says labour minister
Farm workers, including a significant number of female ones, chant slogans at a rally organised by Krishi Sramik Odhikar Mancha in the city's Suhrawardy Udyan yesterday.Photo: STAR
The government will recognise farm workers by amending Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 in the next parliamentary session, said Labour and Employment Minister Engineer Khandker Mosharraf Hossain at a rally yesterday. The government's aim to upgrade the country into a medium income one by 2021 would not be possible without the agricultural sector's development as it is a major contributor to the national economy, he added. The rally was organised by Krishi Sramik Odhikar Mancha in the city's Suhrawardy Udyan. Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies Assistant Executive Director Syed Sultan Uddin Ahmed placed a 13-point demand. It includes a law to ensure farm workers' rights, listing and providing agricultural workers identity cards, eliminating sex discrimination, establishing an agriculture based industry and ensuring fare price of farm produce. The mancha Chairman Dr Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad and member secretary Shirin Akhter, Workers Party of Bangladesh President Rashed Khan Menon, Jatiya Samajtantrik Dal President Hasanul Haque Inu and Parliamentary Standing Committee on the ministry Chairman Israfil Alam also spoke.
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