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OSHE/ FNV

(Circle on Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 Held)

 

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As a part of workers’ education on “Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006”, a number of 12 study circles were held in the period of 1st February 2010 to 31st March 2010 with the active participation of ship breaking workers from different ship yard under OSHE / FNV project. A total number of 175 workers from A.B. Taher Ship yard, Natun Ambia yard, Habib Steel, Prime Steel, Kadam Rasul Steel, New Kabir Steel, Ziri Subedar, Unique Steel, Bhatiary Steel, k.I.U. Steel,Kashem Master, Makka Steel etc. participated in these programmes.









The ultimate goal of this programme is to increase knowledge of ship breaking workers about Bangladesh Labour Act, 2006 intending to establish their rights regarding health and safety at work.

The study circles were facilitated by 6 NTUC’s leaders named Md. Safar Ali,International Affairs Secretary of Jatio Sramik League, Md. Jalal Ahmed, General Secretary of Bangladesh Sanjukto Sramik Federation, Rizwanur Rahman Khan, Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Free Trade Union Congress, Dilip Kumar Nath, Office Secretary of Trade Union Kendra, Md. Nurul Afsar, General Secretary of Bangladesh Labour Federation and Md. Mofizrur Rahman, Joint Secretary of Bangladesh Jatio Sramik Jote in Chittagong division who are involved in OSHE/ FNV project as team members. Facilitators discussed about different legal rights of workers such as: workers recruitments & conditions; working hour; overtime; leave; wages; occupational health & safety; compensation; trade union; labor welfare; special benefits; discharge; retrenched; retirement etc. etc using the learning materials i.e. OSH booklet, Labour Law-2006, asbestos poster & sticker.
 
 
 

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For more information: A.R. Chowdury REPON, OSHE
E-mail: oshe@agni.com
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