Labour leaders on Friday demanded that the government should fully implement the Labour Reform Commission鈥檚 recommendations to ensure rights of drivers of all light vehicles, including privately-owned ones.
They raised the demand at a programme titled 鈥楲ight Vehicle Drivers鈥� Convention鈥�, organised by the Dhaka District Taxi, Taxicab, Auto Tempo, and Auto Rickshaw Drivers鈥� Union, held at an auditorium of the National Press Club in the capital, said a press release.
Speakers at the programme said that the ousted Awami League government adopted a policy of protecting the interests of the rich by depriving and oppressing the working people of the country.
After that, this interim government has taken no initiative to eliminate discrimination against workers, except for the formation of the commission to identify areas for reform in the labour sector in the face of criticism, alleged the speakers.
They demanded the government to implement the commission鈥檚 recommendations to ensure unrestricted trade union rights, fair wages, harassment-free and safe workplaces, and social protection for all light vehicle drivers.
The union president Nazrul Islam presided over the programme while the union general secretary Ahsan Habib Bulbul conducted it.
Labour Reform Commission chief Syed Sultan Uddin Ahmed, Sramik Karmachari Oikya Parishad joint coordinator Abdul Kader Howlader and Socialist Labour Front president and the union adviser Rajekuzzaman Ratan, among others, spoke at the programme.
