SSKOP welcomes move to review wage board

Welcoming the government move to form a review committee on the just-declared Sixth Wage Board Award, Sangbadik-Sramik-Karmachari Oikya Parishad (SSKOP) yesterday said they had sent a memorandum to the chief adviser and the information secretary on Thursday to remove anomalies in the award.
In a joint statement, the oikya parishad expressed the hope that the government will remove anomalies in the Wage Board Award through forming a review committee by December 16.
SSKOP leaders Mozammel Haque, Manjurul Ahsan Bulbul, Fazle Imam, Ruhul Amin Gazi, Abdul Jalil Bhuiyan, Md Motiur Rahman Talukder, Abul Hashem, Md Khairul Islam, Altaf Mahmud, Omar Farukh, Azizul Haque Banna and Sardar Farid Ahmad issued the statement.
The government in a hand out on Thursday said it would actively consider forming a review committee on the Sixth Wage Board Award if any appeal comes from journalists, press workers and employees of the newspaper industry.