The Jute, Yarn and Textile Mills Workers-Employees Action Council in Bangladesh recently urged the government to immediately reopen 25 state-owned jute mills. The government on July 2 last year closed the jute mills, rendering over 50,000 workers jobless during the COVID-19 crisis. The council alleged that the mills were closed without any reasonable cause.
Rejecting the government’s plan to reopen the closed jute mills under public-private partnerships or handing over the mills to the private sector, Council convener and Trade Union Centre president Shahidullah Chowdhury said running the mills would not be tough if the machines and marketing policy are upgraded.The Jute, Yarn and Textile Mills Workers-Employees Action Council in Bangladesh recently urged the government to immediately reopen 25 state-owned jute mills. The government on July 2 last year closed the jute mills, rendering over 50,000 workers jobless during the COVID-19 crisis. The council alleged that the mills were closed without any reasonable cause.#
Shahidullah accused the earlier Bangladesh Nationalist Party government of closing Adamjee Jute Mills and the present Awami League government of shutting down all public sector jute mills as part of their mission to implement the agenda of the World Bank, according to media reports in the country.
The Council also requested the government to pay all unpaid salaries and arrears of employees of the closed mills.
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