Observer staff to observe hunger strike Nov 5

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The journalists, press workers and general employees of The Bangladesh Observer and the Weekly Chitrali held a general meeting Sunday, says a press release.
They reiterated their resentment over the intransigence of the owners to pay the long outstanding dues and wages of the employees that lingers the management-employees conflict of the daily.
The meeting unanimously also decided that the journalists, workers and employees of The Bangladesh Observer and the Weekly Chitrali will observe token hunger strike on November 5 from 10 am to 5 pm at Observer House to press home their long outstanding demands.
Presided over by Md Ashraf Ali, unit chief of DUJ and News Editor of Observer, the meeting was addressed, among others, by the Editor of The Bangladesh Observer, Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury, Belayet Hossain, Solimuddin Selim, Press and General unions Presidents respectively Pranayan Khisha, Nazrul Islam, Zahurul Huq, ATM Solaiman, Shahjahan Mozumder (News Editor), Md Obaidul Hoque, Azizul Haque, Delwar Hossain, Md Nurul Islam, Tarun Tapan Chakrabarty, Khalilur Rahman and Mobarak Hossain.
The speakers said a fresh move initiated by the Ministry of information is now underway. The ministry held three meetings including a tri-partite one with the owners and the representatives of journalists, workers and employees. Union leaders said the owners also showed unequivocal attitude to settle the dispute in that meeting.