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| Petition to improve the working conditions The shipbreaking workers in Chittagong, Bangladesh, have now started to demand their rights be fulfilled. As they become increasingly aware of the violation of their rights they now know what they deserve. They have signed a petition stating their demands indicating their pain and suffering have become intolerable. Their major demands are: 1. Job security: we want to be recognized as permanent workers and afforded the same rights as any worker under international conventions and national legislation. 2. Security in workplace: we want a safer working environment, access to the medical facilities, rehabilitation and compensation for injured and deceased workers. 3. Pre-clean ships: we want legislation to ensure that ships that come in for dismantling are pre-cleaned of hazardous materials such as asbestos, heavy metals, oil residues and poisons. These demands have come from their heart. So, day by day the signatures on the papers are increasing. At least two hundred fifty workers have already signed the joint petition and it’s continuing. |
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