GP support-staff, drivers want to be regularised

Hundreds of drivers and support-staff of Grameenphone yesterday demonstrated peacefully in front of the operator's head office to demand permanent employment contracts.
The drivers said in a statement that they were demonstrating in front of GP House as the Telenor President and Chief Executive Jon Fredrik Baksaas was now in town.
The drivers demanded appointment letters according to the Bangladesh Labour Law 2006. They held a press conference in this regard on Sunday.
A Grameenphone statement said its drivers and support-staff are outsourced from a pool of staffs offered to the company by vendors. The drivers and support-staff are the direct employees of the vendors.
Grameenphone said the outsourced drivers and support-staff have been demanding direct employment over the last few years. They have filed cases against the operator for permanent employment, which is now awaiting hearing before court.