Suggestions to be executed after review
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said the government would implement the recommendations of the National Wages and Productivity Commission as per due process after necessary review.
She said the government reopened some jute mills which were closed down by BNP-Jamaat alliance government. The government is trying to open the remaining mills as early as possible, she said.
“In future, none will be able to shut down the jute mills as these mills are now being operated under company management,” she said.
The prime minister said this when the commission submitted its report to her at her office, said her Press Secretary Abul Kalam Azad.
She thanked the commission for putting in their best efforts to submit its report within only two and a half months. The report's recommendations will be executed after necessary review though “we have budgetary constraint,” she said.
She recalled that Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman first constituted the wages commission for the working class people in 1973 to ensure their minimum wages to maintain their livelihood.
In its continuation, she said, the present workers-friendly government has formed the wages commission for the welfare of the working class people. In this regard, she mentioned execution of new pay structure by her government for garment workers.
Minister for Labour and Employment and Expatriates' Welfare and Overseas Employment Minister Engineers Khandakar Mosharraf Hossain, chairman of the commission Mahe Alam, members of the commission Wajedul Islam and Abdul Matin Master, among others, were present.
Calling upon all to turn the productivity as a national movement, she said cherished development of the country is not possible without raising production in every sector. She said her government always extended sector-based support to increase productivity.
She also stressed the need for promoting cultivation of organic crops to increase food production in the country.
The commission members appreciated the Prime Minister for her worker-friendly initiatives and formation of a commission to announce a new wage structure for workers.
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