Pay Tuba workers by Sunday, or face action: Govt

State Minister for Labour Mujibul Haque Chunnu has warned that Tuba Group owners will face action if they do not pay their workers by Sunday. He was speaking at a press conference at the BGMEA building in Karwan Bazar. ‘Already two months of salaries have been paid. The government has ordered the owners to pay the salaries for July by August 10,’ he said. The government would not let Tuba Group’s Managing Director Delwar Hossain off easily on this matter, he said. ‘The government will take all necessary steps to make him pay the salaries by the 10th. He must pay the salaries,’ he said. Tuba Group workers have been agitating at Hossain Super Market at North Badda in the city since July 28 demanding payment of their three months’ outstanding salaries, overtime and Eid bonus. BGMEA began paying them two months’ salary on Wednesday. The workers’ committee rejected their offer and a few workers, out of the almost 1,600, showed up to receive it on the first day, according to a news agency.