Hotel workers to stage demo Oct 20
Hotel and restaurant workers yesterday declared a countrywide protest programme on October 20, demanding minimum wage and full bonus before the upcoming Eid-ul-Azha.
Representatives from 40 district units of Action Council to Implement Minimum Wages and Labour Law in Hotel sector took the decision at a meeting in the city, council's coordinator Rafiqul Islam told the news agency.
“The largest demonstration will be held in Dhaka. We've planned a rally in front of the Jatiya Press Club and a procession after that,” he said.
President of Bangladesh Hotel, Restaurant, Sweetmeat and Bakery Workers' Union Akhtaruzzaman Khan said, “We'll declare a fresh programme to press for our minimum wage from the grand rally in Dhaka on October 20.”
Joint coordinator of the action council Anwar Hossain said, “The hotel owners are systematically exploiting the workers by not implementing the minimum wage award fixed by the government back in 2009, let alone the Eid bonus.”
Comments