A deliveryman heads out to deliver food amid the Covid-19 pandemic in the capital recently CourtesyThey submitted a seven-point memorandum to the prime minister to ease sufferingsThe Bangladesh Hotel Restaurant Sweetmeat Workers’ Federation (BHRSWF), a platform of eatery workers, has announced demonstrations across the country for Tuesday demanding their salaries, dues and festival bonus. As part of the central programme, the BHRSWF leaders and workers will stage a demonstration in front of the National Press Club in Dhaka at 9:30am. He alleged that neither the government nor the owners stood by the hotel workers during the coronavirus pandemic. The BHRSWF leaders alleged that the hotel and restaurant owners were resorting to dilly-dallying tactics due to inaction of the government. Talking to UNB, BHRSWF General Secretary Anwar Hossain said that most of the restaurant owners were not paying the dues, wages and festival bonus of their workers, showing an excuse of lockdown and coronavirus pandemic.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 07, 2021 15:56 UTC