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Labours’ right still unrecognised largely

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The issue of labour exploitation caught people’s attention with the rising of industrialization. The industrialists started to exploits the labour class and deprived them from their rights. At that time, socialism was made appeal to working people and some people had their ideology of working class control over the production and distribution of all goods and services. The capitalists controlled industries to make more profits with their political agenda which created a class of anarchists those created socialists labour unions.

A greater social revolution was growing from that anarchism for a drastic change in the economic composition of capitalism. Thus, to protest the injustice, the labourers came forward and raise their voice. After a lot of struggle, they succeed and a special day is dedicated to appreciate and recognize the hard work and achievements of the labour class. Labour rights are a bunch of legal rights where the workers have a democratic voice in taking decisions and policy making.

The International Labour Day was declared after the incidents that took place in the streets of Chicago in 1886. At that time, the world was tumultuous because of the demands of the working class. Labour movement was a regular issue which demanded work accommodations like eight-hour workdays and unions. Every year more than 80 countries celebrated 1st May as national holiday for workers day and in many countries celebrated it unofficially. Our existent condition cannot be taken for granted. The rights and dignities we are enjoying today, people fought for these for a long time.

Like elsewhere in the world, this year Bangladesh is also observing the significant May Day. With great Dignity and honour our governments, as well as different labour-oriented organizations, are celebrating the day. To ensure proper welfare and justice toward the labours, our government has formulated Bangladesh Labour Law 2006, (Amendment in 2013). Bangladesh has also ratified the ILO Convention in 1972, and with the assistance of ILO our government is taking necessary steps to achieving Bangladesh’s decent work objectives.

International Labour Organization has fostered and aimed at promoting opportunities for women and men to gain decent and productive work, in conditions of freedom, equity, dignity, and security since 1919. Freedom of association and right to collective bargaining, elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour, the effective abolition of child labour, the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation are the core labour standards of ILO to promote right to work and respect the labours.

Article 14 of The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh states that “It should be a fundamental responsibility of the state to emancipate the toiling masses- the peasants and workers- and backward section of the people from all forms of exploitation”. It is not only the moral obligation of a state but also our (People’s) responsibility to abide by the constitution and respect its noble ideals to protect the sovereignty, integrity, unity and inspired our national struggle for freedom. May Day reminds us that the fundamental responsibility of the state is to prevent injustice and all forms of exploitation.

Workers of Bangladesh, in many industries, have to face dangerous working conditions and are paid poor wages. Although recently the minimum wages have increased, it fails to meet most basic living cost of a worker. Another growing issue is the child labour which is still a concern of our country. Our law said that no child, who has not reached fourteen years of age, shall be required or allowed to work in any factory. We have rules and regulations regarding child labour issues but again because of proper implementation we failed to prevent it.

In addition, with the blast of population our labour migration is increasing day by day.  As a global citizen, Migrant workers’ have various policies and legislation to protect and uphold migrant worker’s rights, safety, and security in our country. Our migrant workers are playing a major pillar in our economy, for that reason our government needs more concentration on this issue.

We have the laws but the mechanisms are very poor to protect the labours’ rights. And the main reason behind this is ignorance of employer as well as workers and unawareness of government. To remove the lack of enforcement of the laws proper interpretation and implementation of labour rights is necessary.

May Day was a day of protests and riots which compelled the government of different countries to make different laws and at the same time by the grace of that day workers of now enjoying different privileges. In this auspicious day, we desire better relation between employees and employers, a standard minimum wages, compensation for injuries to workers during working hours, settlement of industrial disputes, health safety, welfare and better working environment of the working-class people.

The labourer contributes a huge to our society. So ensuring their protection and welfare is our responsibility. That’s why the right to peaceful assembly and association in the workplace is very much important. The mutual interdependencies, sense of well-being, and happiness of each individual can introduce a better society with a better environment. We all know that unity is strength and if employer and employee work together the society will be more benefited.

This article was also published in Daily Observer Op-Ed on 01 May 2019.

Observing International Mother’s Day-2019

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Mother is the best gift that the world has ever given us. ‘Mother’ is the supreme human being in this world to a person. We can’t express the feeling regarding her because she is in the heart of everyone whom we can feel silently. She is that valuable person who gets gift of nurturing life. ‘Mother’ is inexpressible since she can conduct with the hardship to being mother because God gives her more endurance and patience than another else. A mother is an angel without wings whose heart is full of forgiveness and love. She is the only one without whom a family is incomplete and a home is in darkness.

“A mother is an angel without wings whose heart is full of forgiveness and love.”

Mother’s Day is an occasion that is celebrated every year in different parts of the world. It is a day to express respect, honor, and love towards mothers that reminds the importance and significance of her in our life. Without any break, she relentlessly performs her duty for the well beings of her children. The celebration of Mother’s Day allows us to reflect on how we are connected as a family and who we want to be as a family.

In the time of ancient Greeks and Romans, celebration of mothers and motherhood was a festive in honour of the mother goddesses. But later, for Mother’s Day the early Christian festival was well known as “Mothering Sunday”. Over time the Mothering Sunday tradition shifted into a more secular holiday where children would present their mothers with flowers with token of appreciation. This tradition becomes widely recognised with the rise of American Mother’s Day in the 19th century.

The modern Mother’s Day arose by the endeavours of Anna Jarvis who was a social activist and community organizer during the American Civil War period. She wanted to honour her mother and set aside a day to honour all mothers because she believed that a mother is a divine person who has done more thing for her child than another else in the world. However, by virtue of the efforts of Anna Jarvis, in 1914 President Woodrow Wilson signed a proclamation determining Mother’s Day as a day for American citizens to show the flag in honour of those mothers whose son had died in war. Every year the day is celebrated around the world in the second Sunday in May with much affection.

Those who have a mother are really fortunate and it is like ‘heaven on the earth’. Unfortunately, with the rise of nuclear families in our society, the golden days are gone where old mothers are used to be held in the high dignity. We children grow up and migrate to different cities or countries leaving our mother in old-age home by forgetting our origin. Every moment our mother thinks about us but our money-making and self-seeking tendency don’t notice the tender love of a mother for her children.

When love is withheld a mother turns out broken down. Isolation, loneliness and monotony are the most common issues of a mother when children were not around her. We should keep in mind that she demands more care when we stay away from her. The mother-child relationship is one of the most long-lasting and emotionally vivid social ties. Unluckily, most of today’s generation people forget the value of emotion and social ties with mother.

A mother is not just a mother for a specific day but for whole life. As we are growing up, we should look after our mother and also we should need to spend time with them to reduce their loneliness make them happy. We have to come out from the cave of corporate society and serve our mother who brought us into this beautiful world. It is unrealizable to think of life on the universe without mothers.

Most mothers work hard to take care of us and our family. No matter what and how many times a child fail, she always supports her child and builds our confidence by following different ways. She teaches us every good thing and she is the one who never wants us to cry. She always cares about child’s education and motivates us to chase our dreams. She teaches us how to be strong, how to be caring, and that’s why we can proudly say that she is the reason for what we are today. No matter how aged we are we remains her baby forever.

In this significant day, every person should remember that mother is an angel on the face of the earth. We should love our mother and respect her because there is no other creation in the planet as caring like she is.

This article was also published in Daily Observer Op-Ed on 12 May 2019.