The decision to continue with the strike took place at the district’s Crescent Jute Mills workers union office on Tuesday night. Three workers’ bodies – the Jute Mills Workers League, the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) and non-CBA Oikya Parishad – organized the strike. A red-flag rally was held in the district where jute workers of several factories gathered and voiced their demands. In Narsingdi, workers of UMC Jute Mills and Bangladesh Jute Mills in Ghorashal brought out processions and staged demonstrations in front of the factories to press home their demands. The decision to continue with the strike took place at the district’s Crescent Jute Mills workers union office.

Source: Dhaka Tribune April 02, 2019 18:33 UTC