Water transport workers demand pay hike, threaten strike
Leaders of the Bangladesh Noujan Sramik Federation, a platform of water transport workers, yesterday threatened that they would stop working for an indefinite period if their 16-point demand was not met by December 25.
Their demands include restructuring of a new wage scale in consistence with the National Pay Scale and ensuring the workers' security on rivers, said a press release.
They made the threat at their rally in the capital's Moni Singh Farhad Memorial Trust yesterday. If the demands are not met by the deadline, they would announce the work abstention programme at a press conference on December 26.
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