The New Nation - Internet Edition

Staff Reporter

Leaders of the National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) yesterday demanded immediate lifting of all types of restrictions on trade union activities to protect the basic rights of the readymade garment workers.

"Though the government has relaxed the restrictions imposed on the political activities, but they are yet to withdraw or relax it on the trade union activities that seriously hampered the basic rights of the workers," NGWF general secretary Amirul Haque Amin said at a press conference at Dhaka

Reporters Unity.

He warned the government that continuation of the restrictions on trade union activities for long would be counter-productive. He asked the government for immediate lifting of the ban.

Amin apprehended that Bangladesh would be seen as violator of workers' rights by the international community, which would not be a good thing for the government.

Terming the trade union activities as basic human rights of workers, he said this was the only way by which all kinds of problems could be solved systematically.

NGWF president Shahida Sarkar and vice-presidents Nurun Nahar and

Faruk Khan were, among others, present at the press conference.