Chittagong Port Strike Postponed
The Prime Mover-Trailer Owners Workers Unity Council of Chittagong Oikya Parishad has postponed their ongoing strike till October 4 at Chittagong Port.
This has ended the deadlock in goods transportation at the sea port for the time being.
The strike has created largest ever gridlock of containers in the recent history of Chittagong port. A total of 40,259 TEUs of containers were stockpiled at the port exceeding 36,357 TEUs capacity.
The decision was taken on Friday (September 30) morning after the meeting that held with the participation of Workers secretary of the organisation Mohammad Humayun Kabir and Chittagong Metropolitan Police Commissioner Iqbal Bahar.
The strike was called on Sunday for a seven-point charter of demand, including that of cancelling fine for transportation of goods beyond the fixed ceiling.
The association alleged that since the government fixed the ceiling on Aug 16, its workers are harassed whenever Prime trailers are found carrying more than the ceiling.