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A protest and condolence rally and procession organized by All Party
Garment Workers Unity, an apex body of different garment workers
federations, was held today (27.01.2013) to protest the killing of
garment workers in Smart Export Garments Ltd factory fire on 26.01.2013.
Presided over by National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) President
Amirul Haque Amin, the rally was held in front of the National Press
Club in Dhaka city at 4:00pm. A protest procession was taken out after
the rally. The procession paraded different streets of the city. The
protest rally was addressed by President of Garment Workers Employees
League Lima Ferdous, General Secretary of Bangladesh Garment Workers
Employees Federation Kamrul Ahsan, General Secretary of United
Federation of Garment Workers Nurul Islam, President of National Garment
Workers Employees Federation M Delowar Hossain, President of Swadhin
Bangla Garment Workers Employees Federation Shamima Nasrin, President of
Bangladesh Garment Workers Federation Jahanara Begum, President of
Bangla Garment Workers Federation Kazi Mohammad Ali, President of
National Garment, Tailors, Sweater Workers Federation Md Rafiq, General
Secretary of Ekota Garment Workers Federation Kamrul Hasan, President of
Bangladesh Garment Workers League Selim Reza, General Secretary of
Garment Workers Employees Federation Arafat Zakaria Sanchoi and Joint
Secretary of Bangladesh Revolutionary Garment Workers Federation Kazi
Swapan. Expressing solidarity to the program addressed the rally by
General Secretary of garment Workers Trade Union Center Ruhul Amin,
President of Jago Bangladesh Garment Workers Federation Baharane Sultan
Bahar and President of Bangladesh Garment & Industrial Workers
Federation Babul Akter. The speakers urged all to stop playing with the
lives of the garment workers. “The workers don’t want to become dead
body after joining work in factory,” they said. The speakers demanded
immediate arrest of all, including the owner, responsible for the death
of 7 workers in factory fire. They demanded of the Government & the
BGMEA to pay compensation to the families of the dead workers as per the
definition of the “loss of earnings” and for providing advanced medical
treatment to the injured workers and to pay them adequate compensation.
They also demanded to establish safe workplace in garment factories.
The A 5-point demands was made from the All Party Garment Workers Unity
protest rally to the government and the BGMEA. The demands are as
follows: 1. Owner of the Smart Export Garments Ltd should be arrested
immediately 2. All dead workers family should be paid compensation as
per definition of “loss of earnings”. 3. Advanced medical treatment
should be provided to all injured workers. They should be paid adequate
compensation. 4. Safe workplace should be ensured in all garment
factories. Buyers, Bussiness peoplees, Government and Trade unions come
forward to do this. 5. Job security should be given to all workers. In
case the factory could not be open, arrear wages & allowances should
immediately be paid, including highest compensation. Amirul Haque Amin
,President, NGWF
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