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WAGE-JOURNO-DEMO (with picture)
Khulna journo seek PM’s intervention for 9th wage board execution
KHULNA, Dec 6, 2020 (BSS) –Khulna Union of Journalists (KUJ) today demanded of the government as well as owners of both print and electronic media to immediately implement the ninth wage board award for journalists.
The journalists’ leaders also demanded immediate stopping harassment and mass termination of journalists in the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
The demand of the KUJ was extended at a human chain held in front of Khulna Press Club in protest against mass termination at print and electronic media and implementation of the ninth wage board award immediately.
In the present situation, the journalist leaders sought Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s intervention to help journalists for implementation of the ninth wage board award at the quickest possible time .
Journalists after gazette notification of the wage board award are supposed get their salaries and other fringe benefits but Newspaper Owners Association of Bangladesh (NOAB) is now plotting to deprive journalists of getting their dues as per the award.
Chaired by KUJ president Munshi Md Mahbub Alam Sohag, the pragramme was addressed, among others, by Mokbul Hossain Mintu, S M Zahid Hossain, Humayun Kabir, Farid Rana, Mallick Sudhangsu, Mozammel Haque Howleder, Shah Alam, Asaduzzaman Reaz, Mostofa Zaman Poplu. KUJ secretary Sayeduzzaman Samrat conducted the programme.
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