The government’s jute diversification plan is a good initiative but its implementation has been slow due to a lack of technology, skilled manpower and relevant research, according to industry insiders.
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BJMC Temps: Leading miserable lives
Factories have not paid them dues since closure last year
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More than 32,000 substitute and temporary workers of the state-run jute mills, which were closed on July 1 last year for modernisation, are leading miserable lives as they have not received their dues yet.
Bangladesh Jute Mills Corporation (BJMC) owes these workers Tk 323 crore in arrears from 2015 to 2020 due to implementation of the new pay scale in January 2020 as per Productivity and Wage Commission-2015.
These workers are also yet to receive wages of eight weeks from 2020, when the factory was closed due to national lockdown, and six weeks wages from 2019, when there was a protest demanding implementation of the new wage scale.
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