Load-unload workers in Lalmonirhat have formed a human-chain demanding payment of wages according to the gazette announced by the government.
Lalmonirhat Sadar Upazila Load-Unload Coolie Labourers Union held the program in Mahendranagar area on Lalmonirhat-Kurigram highway on Sunday morning.
Speakers at the human-chain said they have been working relentlessly to build prosperous country to materialise Bangabandhu's dreams.
However, neither the society nor the state has paid attention to the welfare of the workers and even the workers have been deprived of their basic rights in many ways.
The workers in the human-chain demanded the wage as per the gazette notification announced by the Wage Commission under the Ministry of Labour and Employment (MoLE).
Later, they brought out silent procession wearing masks and black clothes.
More than 500 workers of various government industries and trade organizations took part in the program.