Sylhet Bureau :
Bangladesh Tea Workers Federation, Sylhet district branch organised a solidarity rally in front of the ticket counter of Sylhet Divisional Stadium on Saturday to demand payment of due wages and protection of plantations of NTC workers including Lakkatura, Kewachara, Daldali.
Sylhet district president of the organization Biren Singh presided over and member Shipan Pal addressed the solidarity rally, former president of Sylhet District Lawyers Association Advocate Emad Ullah Shahidul Islam, Shahjalal University of Science and Technology Professor Nazia Chowdhury, General Secretary of Bangladesh Workers and Employees Federation Central Committee, Ujjbal Roy, No. 6 Tukerbazar Union Parishad Chairman Safiqur Rahman Safiq, Aggrieved Citizens Movement, Sylhet Coordinator Abdul Karim Kim, former Joint Secretary of Sylhet District Lawyers Association Advocate Humayun Rashid Soeb, Journalist Debashish Debu, Tea Workers Rights Movement, Convener of Central Committee, Hridesh Mudi, Hiluachhara Cha Bagan Panchayat President Madan Ganju, Bangladesh Workers Federation Sylhet District Branch President Mukhleshur Rahman, general secretary Prosenjit Rudra were present.
Leaders in the rally said that tea workers of National Tea Company including Lakkatura, Kewachara, Daldali have been deprived of wages for 3 months. Tea workers are living a subhuman life without getting wages. The stalemate started after the fall of the government on August 5. The previous fascist government fell through the anti-discrimination movement, naturally people expected the end of discrimination, but the workers are the most discriminated against. The agitation has been going on since the last Durga Puja, despite the bonus being paid due to the agitation, regular wages are not being paid. In the meantime, nothing is being obtained except giving memorandums through the District Commissioner and giving assurances in the face of various protests, only the assurances do not satisfy the workers, the children and the workers are left helpless, the shop does not even get the rest.
