22.5.09 Ekota Correspondent
President, Communist Party of Bangladesh Comrade Manzurul Ahsan Khan called upon the working people to prepare for a greater nationwide revolt. He was addressing a huge meeting of garments workers in Ashulia, Jamgara on 22 May 09. The meeting was organised on the occasion of 3rd anniversary of the historic garment workers revolt in 2006 which shook the country. Presided over by Tuhin Choudhury a leader of the revolt the meeting was addressed amongst others by Advocate Mantu Gose adviser and Idris Ali, President Bangladesh Garment Workers Trade Union Kendra. Manzur said that frequent revolts in the garment sector are due to the fact that the garment workers are deprived of Trade Union and other rights and benefits. As long as the workers in the garments factories are not allowed to organize in trade unions, sporadic revolts and spontaneous outbursts will continues. No power on earth can stop it. It is only the trade unions which can ventilate the grievances of the workers and ensure peaceful settlement of industrial disputes.
He called upon the government to accept the demand of workers to fix minimum wage at taka five thousand. Always the wages and various benefits for Minister, MP’s and high government officials are increased without justification while the worker and low paid employees are continuously pushed into utter poverty. The disparity between the rich and poor is increasing in the society. This is causing spontaneous revolt not only in garment sectors but in all other sectors.
The grand alliance government is bringing everything under party control denying democratic and trade union rights to other.
Manzur alleged that the burden of global crisis of capitalism is being put on the shoulder of the working people. In this situation workers must unite in trade unions to resist such attempts.
Mentioning about the recent defeat of Tamil Tigers Manzur said that it is true that various international forces were trying to use them. But legitimate rights of Tamils must be ensured. All discrimination against them should come to an end. War affected people should be given due compensation and properly rehabilitated, otherwise the people who are distributing sweets today will face another war.
CPB President further said that the ‘Caretaker’, ‘Jote’ of Mohajote government whoever comes to power, the working people are exploited and deprived of democratic rights. On 22 May 2006 only garment workers came out on the street. But today whole people of Bangladesh are being exploited, oppressed and pauperized. To liberate themselves from such a situation all workers including garment workers agricultural workers, peasants, professionals, students, youths, women, adivasis, patriotic entrepreneurs class and revolutionary intelligentsia all together will build up a great nationwide revolt. This revolt will give birth to revolution, socialism and liberation. Manzur called upon the working people to prepare themselves for leading that revolution. The blood of tens of thousands of martyrs will not go in vain.
President, Communist Party of Bangladesh Comrade Manzurul Ahsan Khan called upon the working people to prepare for a greater nationwide revolt. He was addressing a huge meeting of garments workers in Ashulia, Jamgara on 22 May 09. The meeting was organised on the occasion of 3rd anniversary of the historic garment workers revolt in 2006 which shook the country. Presided over by Tuhin Choudhury a leader of the revolt the meeting was addressed amongst others by Advocate Mantu Gose adviser and Idris Ali, President Bangladesh Garment Workers Trade Union Kendra. Manzur said that frequent revolts in the garment sector are due to the fact that the garment workers are deprived of Trade Union and other rights and benefits. As long as the workers in the garments factories are not allowed to organize in trade unions, sporadic revolts and spontaneous outbursts will continues. No power on earth can stop it. It is only the trade unions which can ventilate the grievances of the workers and ensure peaceful settlement of industrial disputes.
He called upon the government to accept the demand of workers to fix minimum wage at taka five thousand. Always the wages and various benefits for Minister, MP’s and high government officials are increased without justification while the worker and low paid employees are continuously pushed into utter poverty. The disparity between the rich and poor is increasing in the society. This is causing spontaneous revolt not only in garment sectors but in all other sectors.
The grand alliance government is bringing everything under party control denying democratic and trade union rights to other.
Manzur alleged that the burden of global crisis of capitalism is being put on the shoulder of the working people. In this situation workers must unite in trade unions to resist such attempts.
Mentioning about the recent defeat of Tamil Tigers Manzur said that it is true that various international forces were trying to use them. But legitimate rights of Tamils must be ensured. All discrimination against them should come to an end. War affected people should be given due compensation and properly rehabilitated, otherwise the people who are distributing sweets today will face another war.
CPB President further said that the ‘Caretaker’, ‘Jote’ of Mohajote government whoever comes to power, the working people are exploited and deprived of democratic rights. On 22 May 2006 only garment workers came out on the street. But today whole people of Bangladesh are being exploited, oppressed and pauperized. To liberate themselves from such a situation all workers including garment workers agricultural workers, peasants, professionals, students, youths, women, adivasis, patriotic entrepreneurs class and revolutionary intelligentsia all together will build up a great nationwide revolt. This revolt will give birth to revolution, socialism and liberation. Manzur called upon the working people to prepare themselves for leading that revolution. The blood of tens of thousands of martyrs will not go in vain.
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