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June
28, 2000
Khulna,
June 27 (UNB) – Workers of Afil, Execs and Sonali Jute mills
submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Commissioner of the district on
Monday demanding reopening of the mills.
Their
demands also include immediate payment of their backlog salaries and
withdrawal of the cases filed against their leaders.
The
workers alleged that the owners illegally laid off the three jute
mills in 1999, throwing some 20,000 workers out of job.
They
also said 18 of their fellowmen died of starvation since the closure
of the mills.
Labour
leaders Golam Rasul, Nasu Mia, Shahabuddin Ahmed, Golam Mostafa and
Omar Faruque, among others, were present when the memorandum was
handed over to the DC.
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