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Trade Union Debates around Climate
Change
Venue: BIAM, Dhaka
Date:
24-26October
2009
Organised by:BILS,LO
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Production system of industrial
sectors has to be changed to address
the affect of climate change and
trade union can play important role
on it.
Bangladesh has already become the
victim of climate change. Therefore,
it is necessary to take immediate
step to tackle the issue. Speakers
said this at the inaugural session
of a 3-day national seminar titled
"Trade Union Debate around Climate
Change. The session was held on
Saturday, 24 October 2009 at BIAM
Auditorium in the capital.
Bangladesh
Institute of Labour Studies-BILS,
LO (Denmark)
and Sustainlabour (Spain)
jointly organised the seminar. Dr.
Md. Abdur Razzaque, M.P, Minister
for Food and Disaster Management was
present as chief guest at the
inaugural session while Dr. Mihir
Kanti Mazumder, Secretary, Ministry
of Environment and Forest was present as special guest. Md. Habibur Rahman
Siraj Chairman, BILS chaired the
session. Md. Zafrul Hasan Joint
Secretary General, BILS, Erik
Nielsen, Regional Consultant, LO-
FTF Council (Denmark)
and Laura Martín Murillo, Director,
Sustainlabour delivered welcome
address. Among others, Md. Mojubur
Rahman Bhuiyan, Vice Chairman,
Rowshon Jahan Shathi MP, Member and
Syed Sultan Uddin Ahmmed, Assistant
Executive Director of BILS and
Julianna Angelova, Representative,
Sustainlabour Secretariat were also
present.
The minister said, "Trade Union can
play strong role to create pressure
on developed countries to reduce the
emission of CO2. He said, "Besides
getting donation it is also
important to ensure that for the
people who are victims". Giving
importance on food security and
disaster management, the minister
said that the government has been
working to address these issues.
It is to be mentioned that
there were 14 different sessions in
this seminar, where good number of
national and international trade
union leaders and representatives
from government, non-government and
international organisations
attended. Representatives and
experts of different international
organisations like UNDP, UNEP, WHO
and ILO were present as key
discussants at the seminar.
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Annual General Meeting of
BILS
Date: 11 July, 2009
Venue: BIAM,
Eskaton, Dhaka
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Md. Habibur Rahman Siraj, Chairman
and
Nazrul Islam Khan, Secretary General
BILS Annual
General meeting was held at BIAM
Multipurpose Hall in the Capital on
11 July, 2009. A fifteen member
Executive Committee headed by Md.
Habibur Rahman Siraj as Chairman and
Nazrul Islam Khan as Secretary
General, was elected for the next 2
years. The newly elected Executive
Committee formed an Advisory
Council. Chief Election
Commissioner, Abul Bashar, moderated
the election. Md. Mojibur Rahman
Bhuiyan, Acting Chairman of BILS
chaired the meeting. Nazrul Islam
Khan, Secretary General of BILS
submitted the Activity report while
Finance Secretary Md. Kabir Hossain
submitted the Financial Report of
BILS. Some amendments were made in
the constitution.
The list of the
Executive committee:
Chairman-Md.
Habibur Rahman Siraj, Vice Chairman-
Md. Mojibur Rahman Bhuiyan,
Shafiuddin Ahmed and Shirin Akhter,
Secretary General-Nazrul Islam Khan,
Joint Secretary General-Md. Zafrul
Hasan, Finance Secretary-Md. Kabir
Hossain, Secretary- Dr. Wajedul
Islam Khan, Advocate Delwar Hossain
Khan, A.M. Nazim Uddin, Rowshan
Jahan Shathi, MP. and Md. Alauddin
Mia, Executive Member-Abul Kalam
Azad and Safar Ali. (The Executive
Committee will select the Rest 1
Executive member.)
Members of the
Advisory Council are:
Abul Bashar,
Shafiqur Rahman Majumdar, Abdullah
Al-Noman, Mokhlesur Rahman, Abdus
Salam Khan, Shah Mohd. Abu Zafar,
Mesbahuddin Ahmed, Mamunur Rashid
Chowdhury, Nashu Miah, Abdul Matin
Master, Abul Kashem Chowdhury,
Ashraf Hossain, Roy Ramesh Chandra,
Professor Jahanara Begum, Golam
Sattar, Advocate Nirmalendu Dhar and
Badal Khan.
Eng.
Khandker Mosharraf Hossain MP,
Minister, Ministry of Labour &
Employment and Expatriate
Welfare & Overseas Employment
was present as Chief Guest at
the opening session of the
meeting in the morning. Md.
Ataharul Islam, Secretary,
Ministry of Labour & Employment
and Panudda Boonpala, Director
ILO, Area Office Dhaka were
present as Special Guests.
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Inception workshop of
BILS/LO-FTF Project
Date:
13.05.09-15.05.09
Venue:
BILS Seminar Hall, Dhaka |
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Three days Inception Workshop of
BILS/LO-FTF Project titled
'Decent Work & Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh' was held at BILS
Seminar Hall from 13 to 15 May
2009 aiming to discuss on
project activities and future
planning.
Representatives of LO-FTF
Council, Executives of BILS/
LO-FTF Project and National TU
leaders attended the workshop.
Different meetings held in the
workshop with BILS Staffs,
Labour Law Group, Child &
Adolescent Group, Metal Group,
and Construction Group. There
were also a couple of meetings
with ITUC Affiliates and BILS
Leadership.
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Seminar on May Day
Organised by BILS
Venue:
Osmani
Auditorium, Dhaka
Date:
3 May 2009, 2.30 pm
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On May Day 2009, Bangladesh
Institute of Labour Studies-BILS
organised a seminar and cultural
event held on 3 May 2009, 2.30
pm at Osmani Auditorium. Dr. M M
Akash, renowned economist and
Professor of Department of
Economics,
Dhaka
University presented the
keynote paper of the seminar
titled 'World Economic
Recession: Employment and Rights
for Worker'. Md. Mojibur Rahman
Bhuiyan, Acting Chairman of
BILS, chaired the seminar.
Senior trade union leaders and
govt. representatives were
present at the seminar as
discussants. The seminar was
followed by a cultural show.
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Press
Conference of
BILS on International Commemoration
Day
Venue:
National Press Club
Date:
27 April 2009 |
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Bangladesh Institute of Labour
Studies-BILS organised a press
conference on International
Commemoration Day at National Press
Club on 27 April 2009. This year the
slogan was
'Health and life at work: a basic human right'. Abul Bashar,
Advisor, BILS and President, Jatiya
Sramik Federation Bangladesh (JSFB),
Shah Mohd. Abu Zafar, Advisor, BILS
and President, Bangladesh Labour
Federation (BLF), Mesbahuddin Ahmed,
Advisor, BILS and President, Jatiyo
Sramik Jote, Dr. Wajedul Islam Khan,
Secretary-BILS, General
Secretary-Bangladesh Trade Union
Kendra (BTUK) and Coordinator-SKOP
and Nazrul Islam Khan, Secretary
General, BILS were present at the
press conference. The study report
of BILS based on newspaper clippings
on labours from different sectors in
Bangladesh who were killed and
injured in workplace accident and
violation was shared with
journalists on the occasion. |
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Press conference of
Domestic Workers Rights Network
Law to ensure rights and safety of
domestic workers
demanded
25
April, Dhaka Reporters Unity, Dhaka |
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To point
out safety and human rights
situation of domestic workers
who are neglected at their
workplace and aiming to ensure
their legal protection and
security, Domestic Worker's
Rights Network organised a press
conference today,
25 April 2009
held at
Dhaka
Reporters Unity Auditorium.
Dr.
Wajedul
Islam Khan, Coordinator, SKOP
delivered speech on behalf of
the Network. Among others,
Nazrul
Islam Khan, Secretary General,
BILS, Salma Ali, Executive
Director, BNWLA, Farida Yasmin,
Deputy Director, BLAST, Rokeya
Rafique Baby, Executive
Director, Karmajibi Nari, Md.
Abu Taher, Director, Shurovi,
and Syed Sultan Uddin Ahmmed,
Coordinator, Domestic Worker’s
Rights Network were present
there as representatives, while
Nazma Yesmin, Project Officer
BILS present the case studies in
the press conference. Speakers
demanded immediate step to enact
the law for the protection and
security of domestic workers.
They informed, to bring all
domestic workers under legal
protection, a memorandum was
submitted to the Ministry of
Labour and
Employment on
9 January
2008.
According to that submission,
several meetings were held with
the ministry last year. In this
regard, decision was taken to
form 'Domestic Workers Rights
Protection and Welfare Behavior
Rules' as an interim step before
enact the law. Recently a draft
of the behavior rules was
submitted to the ministry. But
no response is coming from the
ministry, they added.
In the recent years, the number of
humiliation and violation of human
rights on domestic workers has been
increased in an alarming rate.
According to the study of BILS, in
the last 8 years, 305 domestic
workers were killed and 235 were
injured in 640 different cases while
77 among the were raped.
It is to be
mentioned that Domestic Worker's
Rights Network was established in
December 14, 2006 with the active
alliance of 22
organisations.
Bangladesh Institute of
Labour
Studies-BILS is working as the
secretariat of the network. |
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ABOUT BILS |
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Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies - BILS was
established in 1995 with the support
and active participation of the
major National Trade Union
Federations of the country. 13
National TU Federations are
associated with it. BILS Believes
that a just and democratic society
is must to ensure the right of
working people. And as the vanguard
of protection of workers' rights
Trade Union can play a vital role in
establishing such a society. Keeping
this in view, since inception, the
BILS has been working for capacity
building for Trade Unions. BILS
regularly contributes to and
intervenes in developing policies
and laws for working people. The
priorities of intervention are
decide to social dialogues and
action researches and studies. To
reach out most neglected women
workers and to contribute to the
elimination of child labours BILS
has undertaken specialized action
programs. BILS plays a catalyst role
in bridging trade unions, civil
society and the government on labour
market issues.
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"We are not
so big that
we
can make a
change
overnight,
We are not
so small
that we
cannot
initiate a
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Nazrul Islam
Khan
Secretary
General,
BILS |
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