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Condolence meeting
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Brother
Anders Stig Moller |
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Bangladesh
Institute of Labour Studies - BILS
organised a condolence meeting on 20
April 2009 in memory of Brother
Anders Stig Moller, the first
Project Manager of BILS/LO-FTF
Project, who was also the General
Secretary of LO-FTF Council
until his sad demise. The meeting
was chaired by BILS Acting Chairman
Bro. Md. Mojibur Rahman Bhuiyan and
Moderated by Assistant Executive
Director Bro. Syed Sultan Uddin
Ahmmed. Bro.
Nazrul Islam Khan, Secretary
General-BILS, Bro. Mesbah Uddin
Ahmed, President, Jatiyo Sramik Jote
& Member of Advisory Council-BILS,
Bro. Dr. Wajedul Islam Khan, General
Secretary, Bangladesh Trade Union
Kendra & Secretary of Executive
Committee of BILS, Md. Kabir Hossain,
Secretary (Acting Finance
Secretary)Executive Committee of
BILS discussed on the working life
of
Brother
Anders Stig Moller. NTUC leaders,
some BILS member & BILS project
staffs were present at the meeting.
Some of them became nostalgic during
the discussion of their wonderful
moment with him. The meeting
followed one-minute silence to show
respect for the deceased. |
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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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Training on Labour Law & Advocacy skills
Rights of
Rice Processing workers
Date:17-18April 2009,
Dinajpur |
Two day long
Capacity building training program
held on Rice Processing Workers:
Labour Law 2006. The training
program held on 17-18 April 2009 at
Dinajpur. A total of 20 participants
(Male 14, Female 6) from BILS
Associated Trade union federations
attended the program.
The Objective of the program
was to develop
capacity of the TU members a fair
idea on Labour law 2006, Analysis
the positive and negative sides of
labour law and make advocacy plan
for proper implementation of the law
with the Rice Processing sectoral
trade union leaders. Trade union
leaders equipped with necessary
knowledge, advocacy and campaign
skills on LL 2006 to carry out its
awareness raising activities for the
Rice Processing workers.
Capacity building training for rice
processing sector trade union
leaders held and It's created a
common platform for the workers. All
sectoral union leaders work together
to aware the workers on fixation of
minimum wage for the sector. As a
part of advocacy activities two year
plan develop. As an outcome of
the program Dinajpur Regional bodies
of BILS Associated NTUC form a 19
members committee named "Rice
Processing Workers Support Committee
(RPWSC), Dinajpur" to organise the
rice processing workers.
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Tripartite seminar on 60th
Anniversary of ILO Convention
30 January 2009, BIAM, Dhaka
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To mark the 60th Anniversary of ILO Conventions No. 87 on
Freedom of Association and No. 98 on the
Right to Bargain collectively, International
Labour Organization (ILO), Dhaka, Bureau for
Workers Activities (ACTRAV), ILO Geneva and
Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies-BILS
jointly organised a daylong tripartite
seminar on 30 January 2009 at the BIAM
Auditorium in the capital. The
representatives of the Government,
Employers, and Trade Unions actively
participated at the seminar.
Eng. Khandker
Mosharraf Hossain, Minister, Ministry of
Labour & Employment and Expatriate Welfare &
Overseas Employment was present as chief
guest at the inaugural session of the
seminar. Besides, Dr. Mahfuzul Haque,
Secretary, Ministry of Labour & Employment,
Noriyuki Suzuki, General Secretary of
International Trade Union Confederation-Asia
Pacific, Kamran T. Rahman, President,
Bangladesh Employers Federation, and Roy
Ramesh Chandra, General Secretary, Jatiya
Sramik League & Representative NCCWE were
present as special guests. Md Mojibur Rahman
Bhuiyan, Acting Chairman of BILS chaired the
inaugural session while Panudda Boonpala,
Director, ILO, Area Office, Dhaka, and
Nazrul Islam Khan, Secretary General of BILS
delivered welcome address. |
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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
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initiate a
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Nazrul Islam
Khan
Secretary
General,
BILS |
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Press Conference
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Shrimp Processing Workers
Date: 21 May, 2009
Venue: Khulna Press Club
Khulna |
Domestic Workers
Networking Meeting
Date & Time: 27May,2009, 3PM
Venue: BILS Seminar Hall
Dhaka |
Health Campaign for the
Rice Processing Workers
Date: 30 May, 2009
Venue: Shampur, Mymensingh |
BILS Annual
General
Meeting
Date:
11
July, 2009
Venue:
BIM
4 Sobhanbagh
Dhaka
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