Dhaka, May 1, 2022 (BSS) - State Minister for Labour and Employment Begum
Mannujan Sufian today said Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was the voice of
working people as he fought throughout his entire life to establish the
rights of labours.
 
"Bangabandhu was the voice of working people...He fought through his entire
life to make sure the rights of labours, which still inspires people of
working-class," Begum Monnujan said after laying a wreath at the portrait of
the Father of the Nation at Bangabandhu museum in the city's Dhanmondi-32
this morning.
 
"With his utmost efforts, Bangladesh became a member of the International
Labour Organization (ILO) after gaining great freedom, in establishing the
just rights of the workers. Today, Bangladesh is among one of the ratifiers
of all the basic conventions of the ILO," said a press release quoting
Monnujan as saying.
 
It was Bangabandhu, who first recognised May 1 as the 'Workers Solidarity
Day' in 1972, in independent Bangladesh, she added.
 
 "In 1972, the Father of the Nation ratified 29 conventions, including five
basic conventions of the ILO, in a single day, as he was conscious about the
workers and their rights...That is why the Ministry of Labour and
organizations paid homage to the Father of the Nation on the morning of the
great May Day," she said.
 
 Secretary of the Ministry of Labour Mohammad Ehsan-e Elahi, Additional
Secretary, Joint-Secretaries, Director General of Labor Department, Inspector
General of Factory and Establishment Inspection Department, President of
Jatiya Sramik League Nur Qutub Alam Mannan and other leaders of various
labour organizations were present during the wreath-laying ceremony.