Workers' leaders warn against leasing jute mills
Khulna regional unit of Patkal Sangram Parishad (PSP) has urged the government to cancel the decision to lease out state-owned Peoples Jute Mills (PJM) and Alim Jute Mills (AJM) to avert unwanted situation in the industrial belt.
Situation in Khulna industrial belt will go out of control if thousands of workers take to streets in protest against leasing out of the two jute mills, said PSP convener Sarder Motaharuddin and Publicity Secretary Abdur Rahman.
PJM was shut down on August 1 while AJM was laid off for one month from September 22.
Hundreds of AJM workers demonstrated in front of the mill gate on Saturday evening and at 10:00am yesterday demanding its reopening through withdrawal of the lay off notice.
Agitating workers also tried to enter the mill compound but security forces intervened.
President of workers union Abdus Salam urged the workers to continue sit-in and demonstration to press home their demands for payment of all the dues and withdrawal of lay off notice.
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