Also known as International Workers’ Solidarity Day, May Day marks the uprising of working people in Chicago, United States, during the late 19th century movement demanding an eight-hour workday.
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Photo: Salahuddin Ahmed/TBS
The historic May Day is being observed in Bangladesh today, along with many other countries across the world, commemorating the long struggle of workers for fair rights and better working conditions.
Also known as International Workers’ Solidarity Day, May Day marks the uprising of working people in Chicago, United States, during the late 19th century movement demanding an eight-hour workday.
The day is a public holiday in Bangladesh.
President Mohammed Shahabuddin and Prime Minister Tarique Rahman issued separate messages on the occasion.
In his message, President Shahabuddin said the current government has adopted various programmes and policies for the welfare of the working class.
These include labour law reforms, ensuring fair wages and social security for workers in the informal sector, introducing a self-financed pension system, ensuring trade union rights, providing food at fair prices, and ensuring job security for workers.
In his message, Prime Minister Tarique Rahman said working people are the backbone of any country’s development, prosperity and progress.
Continuing the legacy of Shaheed president Ziaur Rahman and former prime minister Begum Khaleda Zia, he said ensuring workers’ rights and their political, economic and social security through a safe working environment remains a priority of the current government.
“I believe that a prosperous, self-reliant, democratic and humane Bangladesh can be built only by ensuring the safety, dignity and welfare of workers,” he said
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