Bangladesh Sramik Kalyan Federation

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Bangladesh Sramik Kalyan Federation
বাংলাদেশ শ্রমিক কল্যাণ ফেডারেশন
FormationMay 23, 1968;57 years ago (1968-05-23)
Headquarters435, Old Elephant Road, Dhaka-1217
Region served
Bangladesh
Official language
Bengali
President
 A N M Shamsul Islam
Secretary General
Advocate Atikur Rahman
Chief Advisor
 Shafiqur Rahman
Parent organization
 Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami ( de facto )
Website sramikkalyanbd.org

Bangladesh Sramik Kalyan Federation is a national trade union affiliated with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami. [1] [2] A N M Shamsul Islam, Nayeb-e-Ameer of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami and former MP of Jatiya Sangsad, is the president of the federation. [3]

History

Qurban Ali was the first president of the Federation, established on 23 May 1968. [4] [1] The organization is affiliated with the Bangladesh Rickshaw Sramik Kalyan Federation. [5]

Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami revived the organization in the 70s following the removal of the ban on the party by President Ziaur Rahman after the assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and ousting of Mujib's regime. [1]

In May 2004, the federation's workers engaged in violent clashes with supporters of the Motor Sramik Union office which is affiliated with the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), in Jaldhaka, Nilphamari. [6]

The federation reportedly evicted employees of Bangladesh Railway's West Zone for not supporting the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami-backed organization in November 2007. [7] Additionally, a leader of the federation was detained by locals in Satkhira for alleged "unsocial activity". [8] In April 2008, locals in Fatullah accused the federation of instigating violent protests by workers in readymade garment factories. [9]

In June 2010, the Khulna City unit of the federation criticized the Awami League government for the closure of factories in the Khulna-Jessore industrial belt. [10] In December 2010, 11 Jamaat-e-Islami and federation men were detained while trying to organize a protest. [11] In October 2010, police filed charges against activists of the federation and Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami, including former member of parliament Mujibur Rahman, for possessing bomb-making materials and anti-state pamphlets. [12]

The 2010s saw a number of Federation leaders detained along with Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami leaders. [13] [14] [15] [16] In April 2014, police detained a leader of the federation and counsellor of 8th ward of Bogra Arshadul Bari Arshad who had 21 cases against him. [17] In September 2015, police detained 11 Jamaat-e-Islami including Mia Golam Parwar and Prof Mujibur Rahman from a flat owned by the president of the federation Harunur Rashid. [18] President of the Nachole upazila unit of the Federation was detained in November 2015. [19] In April 2018, Police detained SM Sanaullah, Gazipur city Jamaat-e-Islami ameer, from a meeting of the Federation. [20]

The federation criticized the closure of jute mills in Khulna and called on the government to provide financial support to 15,000 affected workers in 2020. [21] Professor Mia Golam Parwar served as the federation's president from 2016 to 2020. [4]

The Federation president Yeasin Ali Sarkar was detained along with other leaders of Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami in October 2023. [22]

Following the fall of the Sheikh Hasina-led Awami League regime, federation vice-president Mohammad Golam Rabbani expressed support for the Muhammad Yunus-led interim government. [23] [24] He also condemned the attack on the Bangladeshi Deputy High Commission in Tripura, India. [23]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Islam, Maidul (9 March 2015). Limits of Islamism. Cambridge University Press. p. 202. ISBN   978-1-107-08026-3.
  2. ↑ Kibira, Gholam Md; Bhuimali, Anil; Bagchi, Kanak Kanti (2006). Trade Union Movement in Bangladesh. Serials Publications. p. 150. ISBN   978-81-8387-013-9.
  3. ↑ "Bangladesh Sramik Kalyan Federation". Bangladesh Sramik Kalyan Federation. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  4. 1 2 "Former Presidents". Bangladesh Sramik Kalyan Federation. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  5. ↑ "Jamaat to go for EC registration". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 10 October 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "BNP-Jamaat clash in Nilphamari". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  7. ↑ "'Evicted for not supporting Jamaat'". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 21 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  8. ↑ "Jamaat leader caught for 'unsocial' activity". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 13 November 2007. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  9. ↑ "RMG workers clash with cops for pay hike". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 13 April 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  10. ↑ "2000 workers of another jute mill laid off in Khulna". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 21 June 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  11. ↑ "11 Jamaat men held while trying to stage protest". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 8 December 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  12. ↑ "Charges framed against 19 Jamaat leaders, activists". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 19 May 2011. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  13. ↑ "Bail prayers of 19 Jamaat men rejected". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 3 November 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  14. ↑ "100 Jamaat-Shibir protesters arrested across districts". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 1 July 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  15. ↑ "2 bullet-hit". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 31 August 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  16. ↑ "80 Shibir activists held, arms seized". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 19 March 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  17. ↑ "Bogra Jamaat leader held". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 29 April 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  18. ↑ "13 held Jamaat men remanded". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 9 September 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  19. ↑ "176 BNP-Jamaat men held in five districts". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 8 November 2015. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  20. ↑ "Top Gazipur Jamaat leader arrested". The Daily Star (Bangladesh) . 28 April 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  21. ↑ "Khulna witnesses closure of 7 privately-run jute mills". Dhaka Tribune . Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  22. ↑ "19 Jamaat leaders, activists held in Kurigram". Business Post. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  23. 1 2 "Call to foil conspiracies being hatched to destroy communal harmony". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha . Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  24. ↑ "'Sheikh Hasina's conspiracy has not ended though she flees to India' -". The Daily Observer (Bangladesh) . Retrieved 26 January 2025.
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