City Desk :
Speakers at a roundtable meeting have called upon authorities concerned to include workers’ security-related provisions into labour laws and ensure trade union rights to uphold workplace safety for a democratic Bangladesh.
They made the call at a roundtable, titled “Creating a Path forward for Health, Safety and Trade Union Rights in the RMG Sector and Beyond”, organised by Solidarity Center at a Dhaka hotel on Monday, commemorating the 11th anniversary of Rana Plaza Tragedy, reports UNB.
Addressing the event, former Member of Parliament Shirin Akhter said, “It is mandatory to resolve the cases related to the Rana Plaza incident.
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“The victims should be identified and rehabilitated and the reasons behind the incident should be identified to ensure that it does not happen again in the future.
Before the 12th anniversary of the incident, we, as a country, should be able to say that we have done it,” Akhte added.
The function was also addressed, among others, by President of Bangladesh Revolutionary Garment Workers’ Federation Salahuddin Shapon, General Secretary of Sommilito Garment Workers’ Federation Khadija Akter, Executive Director of Safety and Rights Sikandar Ali Mina, Director of Karmojibi Nari Sunzida Sultana, and District and Session Judge of Labor Appellate Tribunal Dhaka M A Awal.
