----- Original Message ----- From: "BlindNews Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2007 6:25 AM Subject: Protest against retrenchment move against 9 blinds at TSS
> The New Nation, Bangladesh > Saturday, June 23, 2007 > > Protest against retrenchment move against 9 blinds at TSS > > By Staff Reporter > > Sat, 23 Jun 2007, 13:37:00 > > As nine visually impaired (blind) employees of Bangladesh Telephone Shilpa > Sangstha (TSS) at Tongi have been fearing losing their jobs at any moment, > different organizations yesterday strongly condemned the move of the TSS > authorities. > > The authorities concerned issued an ordinary notice of retrenching staff > on May 26 last. It was stated in the notice that the TSS authorities were > considering to retrench unnecessary staff following a lukewarm response > from the employees to their request to go on voluntary retirement. > > The TSS authorities have not yet confirmed retrenching of those nine blind > workers. However, the nine blind workers alleged that the administration > told them put pressure on them to resign voluntarily. If they leave the > TSS voluntary, they would be sacked anytime this month. It is learnt that > these nine blind people got job in the TSS through the Ministry of Social > Welfare in between 1981 and 1991. They are: Noor Mohammad, Md Khairul > Islam, Habibur Rahman, Md Ibrahim, Sheikh Bazlur Rahman, Mohammad Ali, > Nurul Islam, Md Akhtaruzzaman and Md Matiur Rahman. > > On June 3 last, these nine blinds sent a letter to Chief Adviser Dr > Fakhruddin Ahmed seeking his intervention to save their jobs. > > Meanwhile, National Alliance of Disabled People's Organization (NADPO) > yesterday expressed deep concern at the move by TSS authorities to > retrench nine blind employees. > > In a statement, Md Jahangir Alam, secretary general of NADPO, said > yesterday that since there is not adequate opportunities for blinds to get > employment in Bangladesh, the families of these nine blind employees would > seriously be affected if they are retrenched from jobs. > > The NADPO also expressed the hope that the authorities concerned would > refrain from harassing these nine blind employees who are working at the > TSS for their survival. > > > http://nation.ittefaq.com/artman/publish/article_37032.shtml > > -- > BlindNews mailing list > > To contact a list moderator about a problem or to make a request, send a > message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The BlindNews list is archived at: http://GeoffAndWen.com/blind/ > > To address a message to all members of the list, send mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Access your subscription info at: > http://blindprogramming.com/mailman/listinfo/blindnews_blindprogramming.com > > To unsubscribe via e-mail: send a message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word unsubscribe in either > the subject or body of the message Send instant messages to your online friends http://in.messenger.yahoo.com To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
