The Banglalink Employees’ Union has given the management until 5pm today to meet their demands, saying otherwise they will launch a tougher movement tomorrow.
“The Banglalink management assured us of meeting our demands by today [Monday], but we have not seen any development. This is very unfortunate,” Union President Ujjal Paul said yesterday.
“As we did not get any response from the management, we are compelled to announce the ultimatum after a discussion with our fellow colleagues,” he said.
The management must reinstate Shariful Islam who was sacked on February 11 by the stipulated time, he added.
The row between the management and the employees began on Thursday when the mobile phone authorities sacked engineer Shariful Islam for his involvement in organising the trade union.
In the evening, the employees confined Chief Technical Office Perihane Elhamy to the headquarters.
On Sunday morning, the employees began a protest programme in front of the Banglalink head office in the capital’s Gulshan.
Ujjal Paul alleged that one of their colleagues had to take treatment in hospital after the human resources department assaulted him physically.
On Sunday evening, Banglalink management shut down its headquarters and all regional offices in the face of the demonstration.
The same day, the Banglalink announced a Voluntary Retirement Scheme. On January 29, a total 719 employees formed the Banglalink Employees’ Union with Ujjal Paul as its president and Bakhtiar Hossain the general secretary.
