Peoples Jute Mills
Another 584 workers get their dues
Staff Correspondent, Khulna
Another 584 retrenched workers of closed Peoples Jute Mills received their arrears yesterday. Earlier 650 out of 3,100 laid off workers took arrears on Tuesday, the first day of the payment of arrears. Fazlur Rahman, joint secretary of the ministry of jute, Mosharef Hossain, director of the BJMC, Abu Taher, general manager (quality control), and Habibur Rahman, project director of the closed jute mill, were present during the payment. Meanwhile, payments in cheques have created mixed reaction among the workers, said Abdur Rahman, publicity secretary of Khulna regional committee of Patkal Sangram Parishad. The BJMC director said workers are given cheques to check corruption during payment. He said at least a week is required to complete the payment of dues to all retrenched workers. A total of Tk 96.83 crore would be given to the workers and employees of the closed jute mill as their arrear salary, bonus, lay off benefit, gratuity and provident fund, said the project director of the jute mill.
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