NGWF leaders urge govt to delete two articles from labour law
Thursday, 14 January 2010
Leaders of the National Garment Workers' Federation (NGWF) asked the government to rescind two "anti-worker and anti-industry" articles from the recently passed Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act 2009, reports UNB.
They also demanded inclusion of two other articles in the law for ensuring the rights of the workers and making it worker-and-industry-friendly.
The leaders raised their demand at a press conference at the National Press Club in the city Wednesday.
NGWF President Amirul Haque Amin read out a written statement at the press conference.
He said the Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act 2009 would encourage owners to curb the rights of workers through violating the law as it had reduced the term and amount of punishment and penalty for violating the labour law.
"Article 6 of the new law says if someone violates the Act, he or she would be sentenced to three months in prison against previous six months' imprisonment or Tk 2000 as fine or both," he added.
Mr Amin said that in Article 7, Tk 5000 had been fixed as fine for violating labour law while it was three months' imprisonment or Tk 1000 or both as punishment in the previous act.
NGWF leaders Shafia Parveen, Faruk Khan, Nurun Nahar, Sultana Akhter, Arju Ara Begum and Anwar Parvez were, among others, present at the conference.
They also demanded inclusion of two other articles in the law for ensuring the rights of the workers and making it worker-and-industry-friendly.
The leaders raised their demand at a press conference at the National Press Club in the city Wednesday.
NGWF President Amirul Haque Amin read out a written statement at the press conference.
He said the Bangladesh Labour (Amendment) Act 2009 would encourage owners to curb the rights of workers through violating the law as it had reduced the term and amount of punishment and penalty for violating the labour law.
"Article 6 of the new law says if someone violates the Act, he or she would be sentenced to three months in prison against previous six months' imprisonment or Tk 2000 as fine or both," he added.
Mr Amin said that in Article 7, Tk 5000 had been fixed as fine for violating labour law while it was three months' imprisonment or Tk 1000 or both as punishment in the previous act.
NGWF leaders Shafia Parveen, Faruk Khan, Nurun Nahar, Sultana Akhter, Arju Ara Begum and Anwar Parvez were, among others, present at the conference.